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Re: design of gui

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raam wrote:
> hi all,
> I am trying to write a GUI program which will show different images in
> the background and foreground.The images shown depend on the user
> inputs.I am presently using JFRames, JPanels and all to do
> these.Somtimes the images are to be very frequently changed and
> sometimes we require to toggle between some images.I am using JFrames
> and Swings components .We have a JDesktop pane in which the background
> and foregroud images are shown.The desktop pane knows which screen is
> present at the moment and it has a button to shift between previouss
> and next screens.I request you to please tell whether this is the right
> approach or  should I use applets and threads to avoid any difficulties
> in future.If you feel this is a stupid question please leave it.I
> request you to please help.
> Raam
> 

What you might find helpful is JLayeredPane. Put each image in a layer, 
and rotate the z-order of the layers. It also has convenience methods like:
* moveToBack(Component c)
* moveToFront(Component c)
* add(component c,int index))
* remove(int index)
* setLayer(Component c, int layer).

For more info see:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/index.html

	-AND-

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/layeredpane.html

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