Re: Drawing on Tabs

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From	"Daniel Dyer" <daniel.dyer@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this>
Subject	Re: Drawing on Tabs
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On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 20:49:18 -0000, SkippyBoy  
<skippyboy2005+NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all - I have an application where my main frame has a tabbed  
> interface,
> and each tab has a JPanel.
>
> I would like to draw a line graph on the second tab (the first tab is  
> where
> data is entered) and a bar graph on the second tab.
>
> The problem I have is how to draw on the second or 3rd tabs.
>
> I googled and one solution was to subclass the JPanel and then override  
> the
> paintComponent() method. I tried but it doesn't seem to work. I am  
> probably
> just doing it wrong.
>
> How would I go about defining/extending the JPanel class? or is there  
> some
> other container that would serve this purpose better?
>
> Any help is appreciated.

Sub-classing JComponent directly is probably more appropriate.  Even  
easier is using a ready-made library such as JFreechart.

You might get better advice from comp.lang.java.gui (this reply is  
cross-posted with follow-ups set to comp.lang.java.gui only).

Dan.

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