Explain XYLayout vs GridbagLayout to a Delphi user!

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From: Abdullah Kauchali
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:56

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A couple of things (coming from Delphi):

1.  I drag and drop, position and resize my visual components as I see fit.
2.  I compile and everything's where I put it.

With JBuilder, I can use the XYLayout to achieve the same functionality, but 
I hear that the XYLayout should be *avoided*:

http://groups.google.co.za/groups?hl=en&lr=&threadm=MPG.11d37293f9d9d53a9896d1%40news.mindspring.com&rnum=6&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26q%3Dxylayout%26btnG%3DSearch

My questions:

1.  Why is XYLayout to be avoided?
2.  Is there some sort of an automated way to convert to Gridbaglayout AFTER 
positioning the controls in XYLayout?  (Click one button and it's converted 
... type of thing?)

Kind regards

Abdullah

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