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Mirko Kämpf wrote:
> 
> I tryed to create a 2D-BarChart - in its own JFrame it works fine.
> But I need the Chart in a JPanel to add it to different frames.
> 
> My ChartObjectClass extends the Component.class.
> 
> To add the Chart to the JFrame I used:
> frame.getContntPane().add(ChartObject);
> 
> How can I show this ChartObject in a JPanel ?


Assuming you have placed a JPanel called "myPanel"
onto a JFrame in the JBuilder Designer, place a 
dummy control, perhaps another JPanel into "myPanel".
Name it "dummyPanel" in the Property Inspector.

Then, simply switch to the code editor and find the 
change the following line found somewhere in the jbInit()
method:

  myPanel.add(dummyPanel, ...);

to 

  myPanel.add(myChartObject, ...);

Please realize that "..." represent some kind of layout
constraints.  I don't write them here because they will
be different for each type of layout (flow, border, pane, 
gridbag, etc.).  The reason you place the dummy object
onto the panel is to get JBuilder to write the layout 
constraints for you.  This saves you a good bit of work.
I use this technique frequently since I can never remember 
how write all the parameters for something like the 
GridBagLayout -- the layout which I use almost exclusively.  


Paul Furbacher  (TeamB)