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Re: Software recommendations 4 beginner

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From: Scott Stanchfield
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 00:00
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The palette _does_ have the file choosers (it has pretty much all
components.)

Have you scrolled it down?

See my VAJ tips/tricks page for performance tips as well

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> In article <85dp2v$321s$1@news.software.ibm.com>,
>   "Scott Stanchfield" <thetick@jguru.com> wrote:
> > Download the free entry edition of VisualAge for Java from
> > http://www.software.ibm.com/vadd
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> > Scott Stanchfield    thetick@jguru.com
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> I am currently trying to use IBM's Visual Age. It is slow (oh so slow)
> and clunky. The Visual Composition Editor (VCE) component palette does
> not have all (many, most) of the AWT or SWING components. Of course, I
> just started using it and that could be the reason for some of my
> difficulty.
>
> Right now, I'm trying to construct a nested pull-down menu. Something
> like the 'standard' FILE pull-down on Windows platforms. But, the
> Visual Age palette does not have the required AWT (FileDialog) or
> SWING (JFileChooser) classes in the component palette. This means
> that I have to read the documentation and hope that it describes how
> to incorporate visual classes into Java Code to effect nested pop-ups.
> I don't know (yet) how much work there is having only spent 6-8 hours
> in reading (so far). However, using Borland Builder C++, all of the
> visual classes are available and the process seems easier.
>
> So, alright for slow, great for reading, maybe wonderful for the
> experienced, but really undesireable for the computing public.
>
> art
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: "Scott Stanchfield" <thetick@jguru.com>
Subject: Re: Software recommendations 4 beginner
Date: 2000/02/01
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