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JFormDesigner 4.0

To use the downloaded software, you need a valid license key.
You can either get a free evaluation license key or buy a license.

Customer information: JFormDesigner 4.0 is free of charge for existing customers if the "Free updates until" date of the license key is 2008-06-01 or later. Upgrades are available here.

IDE plug-ins Version Size Date
eclipse.gif Eclipse (3.1, 3.2, 3.3 or 3.4; JBuilder 2007 or 2008) Read More » 4.0.1 6.9 MB 2008-08-11
eclipse.gif Eclipse Archived Update Site 4.0.1 6.9 MB 2008-08-11
intellij_idea.gif IntelliJ IDEA (5.0, 5.1, 6.0 or 7.0) Read More » 4.0.1 6.7 MB 2008-08-11
jbuilder.gif JBuilder (2005 or 2006) Read More » 4.0.1 6.2 MB 2008-08-11
Stand-alone      
win.gif Windows Setup 4.0.1 6.5 MB 2008-08-11
win.gif Windows Setup with JRE 6.0 Update 6 4.0.1 17.8 MB 2008-08-11
win.gif Windows Setup with JRE 5.0 Update 15 4.0.1 15.6 MB 2008-08-11
win.gif Windows Setup with JRE 1.4.2_17 4.0.1 13.8 MB 2008-08-11
mac.gif Mac OS X 10.4 Universal Binary (requires Java 5.0 or later) 4.0.1 6.7 MB 2008-08-11
mac.gif Mac OS X 10.3 4.0.1 6.7 MB 2008-08-11
linux.gif Linux and other platforms 4.0.1 6.6 MB 2008-08-11
Documentation      
pdf.gif Printable documentation (PDF) or zip 4.0 1.5 MB 2008-07-09

Note: JFormDesigner 4.0 requires a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.2 or later to run. JRE 5.0 Update 10 or later is recommended.

Tools

Tool Version Size Date
jbuilder.gif JBuilder jbInit() to JFormDesigner converter
(included in the JFormDesigner plug-in for JBuilder 2005 and 2006)
 1.2 230.6 KB 2007-09-19

System Requirements

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.2 or later (5.0 Update 10 or later is recommended).
500 MHz CPU
256 MB RAM
10 MB disk space without JRE
42 MB disk space with JRE 1.4.2
62 MB disk space with JRE 5.0
73 MB disk space with JRE 6.0

Eclipse plug-in: Eclipse 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 or 3.4; JBuilder 2007 or 2008; Mac OS X: Java SE 5.0 Release 5 (1.5.0_07) or later required, Eclipse 3.3 and 3.3.1 are not supported on Mac OS X because of Eclipse Bug 199020; Linux: Java 5 or later required

IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: IntelliJ IDEA 5.0, 5.1, 6.0 or 7.0

JBuilder plug-in: JBuilder 2005 or 2006 (for JBuilder 2007 or 2008 use the Eclipse plug-in)

Installation Instructions

Stand-alone

Eclipse plug-in

The Eclipse plug-in is available in two different ZIPs. Make sure to use the right one for the chosen installation method.

There are three ways to install the Eclipse plug-in:

a) Installation using Eclipse Software Update Manager from Update Site (no ZIP)

Eclipse 3.4
  1. Start Eclipse.
  2. Open the update manager (Menu: Help > Software Updates)
  3. Select the "Available Software" tab.
  4. Click "Add Site" button, enter http://www.formdev.com/download/eclipse/ into the location field and click OK to close the dialog.
  5. Select the added site in the list of available software and click the "Install" button to start the installation.
  6. Select "JFormDesigner" in the "Install" dialog and continue with "Next" or "Finish".
  7. If requested, accept the license agreement and continue.
  8. Restart Eclipse
 Eclipse 3.1 - 3.3
  1. Start Eclipse.
  2. Open the update manager (Menu: Help > Software Updates > Find and Install)
  3. Select the "Search for new features to install" radio button and click "Next".
  4. Click "New Remote Site" and enter "JFormDesigner Update Site" into the name field and http://www.formdev.com/download/eclipse/ into the url field.
  5. Click "Finish" to start the search.
  6. Select "JFormDesigner" in the search result list and continue with "Next".
  7. Accept the license agreement and continue as usual.
  8. Restart Eclipse

b) Installation using Eclipse Software Update Manager (JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse-site.zip)

Eclipse 3.4
  1. Download JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse-site.zip
  2. Start Eclipse.
  3. Open the update manager (Menu: Help > Software Updates)
  4. Select the "Available Software" tab.
  5. Click "Add Site" button.
  6. Click "Archive" button, select the site archive ZIP file (JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse-site.zip) and click OK to close the "Add Site" dialog.
  7. Select the added ZIP in the list of available software and click the "Install" button to start the installation.
  8. Select "JFormDesigner" in the "Install" dialog and continue with "Next" or "Finish".
  9. If requested, accept the license agreement and continue.
  10. Restart Eclipse.
 Eclipse 3.1 - 3.3
  1. Download JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse-site.zip
  2. Start Eclipse.
  3. Open the update manager (Menu: Help > Software Updates > Find and Install)
  4. Select the "Search for new features to install" radio button and click "Next".
  5. Click "New Archived Site" button and select the site archive ZIP file (JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse-site.zip).
  6. Click "Finish" to start the search.
  7. Select "JFormDesigner" in the search result list and continue with "Next".
  8. Accept the license agreement and continue as usual.
  9. Restart Eclipse.

c) Manual installation (JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse.zip)

  1. Download JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse.zip
  2. Quit Eclipse.
  3. Extract the ZIP file (JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse.zip) into the Eclipse installation folder (or the Eclipse 3.4 dropins folder):
    <eclipse-install>/ or <eclipse-install>/dropins/ (Eclipse 3.4 only)
        features/
            com.jformdesigner_x.x.x/...
        plugins/
            com.jformdesigner_x.x.x.jar
            com.jformdesigner.doc_x.x.x.jar
            com.jformdesigner.redist_x.x.x/...
  4. Start Eclipse.

IntelliJ IDEA plug-in

There are two ways to install the IntelliJ IDEA plug-in:

a) Installation using IntelliJ IDEA Plugin Manager

  1. Start IntelliJ IDEA.
  2. Open the plugin manager dialog (Menu: File > Settings > Plugins)
  3. Select the "Available" tab.
  4. Right-click on "JFormDesigner" in the list of available plugins and select "Download and Install" in the popup menu.
  5. Restart IntelliJ IDEA

b) Manual installation

  1. Download JFormDesigner-x.x-intellij-idea.zip
  2. Quit IntelliJ IDEA.
  3. Extract the ZIP file (JFormDesigner-x.x-intellij-idea.zip) into one of IntelliJ IDEA's plugins folders. Either into <user-home>/.IntelliJIdeaXX/config/plugins or into <intellij-idea-install>/plugins:
    <user-home>/.IntelliJIdeaXX/config/plugins/ or <intellij-idea-install>/plugins/
        JFormDesigner/
            help/...
            lib/...
            redist/...
            README.html, LICENSE.html, ...
  4. Start IntelliJ IDEA.

JBuilder 2005/2006 plug-in

  1. Download JFormDesigner-x.x-jbuilder.zip
  2. Quit JBuilder.
  3. Extract the ZIP file (JFormDesigner-x.x-jbuilder.zip) into the JBuilder <jbuilder-install>/lib/ext folder:
    <jbuilder-install>/lib/ext/
        JFormDesigner-JBuilder.jar
        JFormDesigner/
            README.html, LICENSE.html, redist/, ...
  4. Start JBuilder

Layout Managers

JFormDesigner supports various 3rd party layout managers. The JFormDesigner package contains the JARs and sources of those layout managers, but not their documentation and tutorials. Please download the full layout manager packages here: