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Cannot view subclassed form [message #132497]

Tue, 24 October 2006 05:18

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: stevenhughes.qantas.com.au

We are attempting to enforce standards on how our gui forms will look.

To this end, we've created an abstract gui class to define various widgets
on a form.

Individual applications would then subclass from this abstract class, and
add any additional widgets that it required.

The abstract gui class displays correctly. Unfortunately, in the editor,
all the subclassed gui shows is a title bar, yet when the subclass is
executed, it correctly shows the abstract gui.

Are we attempting to use the editor in a way it is not intended?

Thanks in advance,
Steven.

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Re: Cannot view subclassed form [message #132547 is a reply to message #132497]

Thu, 26 October 2006 14:30

Alexey Kuznetsov

Messages: 42
Registered: July 2009

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Hello, Steven!
You wrote on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 05:18:50 +0000 (UTC):

[Sorry, skipped]

SH> Are we attempting to use the editor in a way it is not intended?
VE does not support visual inheritance try WindowBuilder - look for it at eclipse pluging central

It seems that VE is not activly developing part of eclipse :(
Use panels to simulate visual inheritance

With best regards, Alexey Kuznetsov. E-mail: kuaw26@mail.ru

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Re: Cannot view subclassed form [message #132560 is a reply to message #132547]

Thu, 26 October 2006 20:13

Eric Clayberg

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Registered: July 2009
Location: Boston, MA

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"Alexey Kuznetsov" <kuaw26@mail.ru> wrote in message
news:ehqgog$qjr$1@utils.eclipse.org...
> Hello, Steven!
> You wrote on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 05:18:50 +0000 (UTC):
>
> SH> Are we attempting to use the editor in a way it is not intended?
> VE does not support visual inheritance try WindowBuilder - look for it at
> eclipse pluging central

Or here... :-)

http://www.windowbuilderpro.com/

Here's a very nice flash demo illustrating the kinds of things that you can
do with visual inheritance in WindowBuilder...

http://www.instantiations.com/windowbuilderpro/demos/VisualI nheritance.html

-Eric Clayberg
Sr. Vice President of Product Development
Instantiations, Inc.
http://www.instantiations.com
http://www.windowbuilderpro.com/

Author: "Eclipse: Building Commercial Quality Plug-ins"
http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0321228472

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