Apr 30
2012
JFormDesigner 5.1 Released
We're pleased to announce the immediate availability of JFormDesigner 5.1, now with NetBeans plug-in, Java 7 support, GroupLayout design improvements and more.
Feature Highlights:
- NetBeans plug-in
- Java 7 support
- JGoodies Forms 1.4 and 1.5 support
- GroupLayout design improved
- JFDML persistence format for .jfd form files
- Palette improved
- Batch convert forms
- NetBeans 7.1 form conversion
- and more...
See What's New in JFormDesigner 5.1 for
the significant or more interesting changes.
Please have a look at the change log for a
complete list of changes.
Customer information: JFormDesigner 5.1 is free of charge for existing customers if the "Free updates until" date of your license key is 2010-07-26 or later. Upgrades are available here.
I am looking to create an applet using the TableLayout, but found that the JFormDesigner does not support javax.swing.JApplet. Is this the case or am I not using the IDE properly?
Any help you can provide is much appreciated.
@Cynthia: yes, JFormDesigner does not support JApplet. But this is no problem. Simply use JPanel as superclass in JFormDesigner and create the JApplet in your code.
E.g.
It seems that JFormDesigner 5.1 does not work in Eclipse 4.2 (Juno) - all JFormDesigner screens fail with the following message.
'Not implemented (java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: apple.awt.CEmbeddedFrame)'
Do you plan to release a fix soon?
Also, I need to uninstall JFormDesigner from my Eclipse environment, but the 'Uninstall' button is disabled whenever I select JFormDesigner for uninstall. Is there any way other than to manually uninstall JFormDesign from Eclipse?
Regards, Stephen.
@Stephen: JFormDesigner works in Eclipse 4.2, except when running Eclipse in Java 7 (Developer Preview) on Mac OS X. See https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=374199.
Please run Eclipse in Apple's Java 6 to avoid this problem.
Regarding uninstall: if you installed JFormDesigner manually, then you also have to uninstall it manually. If installed from https://download.formdev.com/jformdesigner/eclipse/, then you can uninstall it from the "Installation Details" dialog. This is normal Eclipse behavior, isn't it?
Hello, Does the IntelliJ IDEA plugin supports the version 12 of the IDE? If yes, please update the info here: http://www.formdev.com/jformdesigner/download/ If not, when do you plan to provide the support?
Regards, Maxim