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Re: A DesktopPane and Int

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Thanks for the advice Ian.  I suppose that what I am trying to do doesn't 
seem to fit squarely in either design model.  I was just wondering.  Does it 
make sense to use a JPanel inside of a JDesktopPane at times when the 
functionality of your app doesn't call for document presentation, but to 
provide some other kind of functionality?  Or should I never create anything 
inside of a JDesktopPane but JInternalFrames? (And use the JInternalFrame to 
contain the additional functionality instead of a JPanel?)

It just seems that there are things that I may want to do that would appear 
more cluttered and confusing if it were contained inside of a whole other 
frame, but on the otherhand, there are times I would just like to be able to 
display documents in that area.

Thanks,
Mark


"Ian Wilson" <scobloke2@infotop.co.uk> wrote in message 
news:463ee540$0$10738$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
> D.M.Jackson wrote:
>> "Andrew Thompson" <u32984@uwe> wrote in message news:71ce00fa6858a@uwe...
>>
>>>D.M.Jackson wrote:
>>
>>
>>>If you actually mean JPanel, JDesktopPane and JFrame
>>>(classes in the J2SE - cannot speak for the ones you
>>>mentioned), then I will add that I am entirely capable of
>>>adding a JPanel (or many) to a JFrame (JDialog,
>>>JOptionPane, JWindow, JApplet etc.).
>>
>>
>> I find that I am unable to add a JFrame to a JDesktopPane and get 
>> anything useful during design time.
>>
>>
>
> As you probably know, there are two popular models of application design 
> known as Multiple Document Interface (MDI) and Single Document Interface 
> (SDI). I suspect it is unwise to try to mix them, particularly if your 
> toolset supports them using separate families of top-level components. I 
> think of JFrames as useful for SDI and JDesktopPanes + JInternalFrames as 
> useful for MDI.
>
> http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/internalframe.html

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A DesktopPane and Interna "D.M.Jackson" <d.m.jackson@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:34 +0000
  Re: A DesktopPane and Int "Andrew Thompson" <andrew.thompson@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:34 +0000
    Re: A DesktopPane and Int "D.M.Jackson" <d.m.jackson@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:34 +0000
      Re: A DesktopPane and Int "Andrew Thompson" <andrew.thompson@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:34 +0000
        Re: A DesktopPane and Int "D.M.Jackson" <d.m.jackson@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:34 +0000
      Re: A DesktopPane and Int "Ian Wilson" <ian.wilson@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:34 +0000
        Re: A DesktopPane and Int "D.M.Jackson" <d.m.jackson@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:34 +0000

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