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Few ?'s on SWT... [message #439311] Fri, 09 July 2004 10:18 Go to next message
A is currently offline AFriend
Messages: 2
Registered: July 2009
Junior Member
Hi all,
I am new to SWT....

I have few question about SWT's options:
1. How can I make the windows and tabItems look much more smooth and
elegant ?
2. How I deal with Icons in SWT?

Also if you know about a very good book with lots of examples...I will be
happy to know about it.

Thanks,
A B
Re: Few ?'s on SWT... [message #439571 is a reply to message #439311] Tue, 13 July 2004 17:04 Go to previous message
Veronika Irvine is currently offline Veronika IrvineFriend
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Registered: July 2009
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1) Shells have the native look. On Windows XP, you can apply the Windows XP
manifest (see link) but other than that, shells look the way they look

http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/plat form-swt-home/faq.html#xpthemes

The only other option is the non-rectangular shell:

http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/plat form-swt-home/snippits/snippet134.html

CTabFolder can have a "curved" shape as follows:

CTabFolder folder = new CTabFolder(parent, SWT.BORDER | SWT.FLAT);
folder.setSimple(false);

2) For how to deal with images in SWT see:

http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-SWT-images/graphics- resources.html

3) Documentation

On line doc:

http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/plat form-swt-home/dev.html#docs

Books :

"SWT: The Standard Widget Toolkit, Volume 1" by Steve Northover and Mike
Wilson
"The Definitive Guide to SWT and JFace" by Rob Warner and Robert Harris
"The Java Developer's Guide to Eclipse" by Sherry Shavor, Jim D'Anjou, Scott
Fairbrother, Dan Kehn, John Kellerman, and Pat McCarthy (Chapter 10)
"Contributing to Eclipse: Principles, Patterns, and Plugins" by Erich Gamma
and Kent Beck (Chapter 34)
"Eclipse in Action: A Guide for the Java Developer" by David Gallardo, Ed
Burnette, and Robert McGovern (Appendix D)

(see
http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/plat form-swt-home/SWT_Resources.html
for links)

"A" <avier5@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:cclrdm$6ul$1@eclipse.org...
> Hi all,
> I am new to SWT....
>
> I have few question about SWT's options:
> 1. How can I make the windows and tabItems look much more smooth and
> elegant ?
> 2. How I deal with Icons in SWT?
>
> Also if you know about a very good book with lots of examples...I will be
> happy to know about it.
>
> Thanks,
> A B
>
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