Change Log of JFormDesigner 3.1

3.1.4

Bugs fixed

Fixed Java code generation of boolean properties when using Apache xbean-reflect.jar (e.g. in IntelliJ IDEA 7.0.4).
Eclipse plug-in: Using and creating resource bundles on linked folders did not work.
IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed a problem that did prevent opening form editors on startup of IntelliJ IDEA, if the form uses SwingX JXHeader component.

3.1.3

Bugs fixed

Contents of custom dialogs/frames not shown in designer.
Vista and Leopard dialog/frame borders in designer.
"New Form" dialog did not remember the 'none' state for button bars in settings.
Conversion from null layout to grid-based layout did not compute optimal column/row spans for multiple components.
Clipboard: Paste frames/dialogs now always to the top-level.
SpinnerDateModel editor did not show correct end date and changing end date was now always possible.
CardLayout: Fixed NPE when trying to localize card name.
Java code generator: Avoid unused import statements for FormLayout classes when using generation of explicit imports.
Java code generator inserted unnecessary '}' at end of initComponents() in NetBeans 5.5+ generated .java files.
Java code generator: Fixed possible wrong order of variables when using nested classes.
Eclipse plug-in: Fixed occasional deadlock on opening forms when running Eclipse on Java 6.
IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed occasional deadlock on running ANT build when running IntelliJ IDEA 7 on Java 6.

Other Changes

Updated JRE 6.0 in Windows setup to JRE 6.0 Update 4.
Updated JRE 5.0 in Windows setup to JRE 5.0 Update 14.

3.1.2

New Features

Stand-alone edition: New icons for .jfd and .jfdproj files on Windows and Mac OS X.
Mac OS X: Now using smaller fonts for palette, structure and properties views.

Bugs fixed

Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard): Fixed missing selection in palette and fixed appearance of combo boxes in toolbar.
Mac OS X: In-place-editing text field for frame and dialog titles now horizontally centered.
Java code generator: Avoid unnecessary "bundle" variables when using own 'getString' templates in localization preferences.
Java code generator: Assigning actions to buttons in nested classes did not work because the actions have been instantiated too late.
Eclipse plug-in: Fixed casual activation of another view (Mac OS X only).
IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed assertion when saving forms on project closing (since 3.1.1).
Properties view: Changing "enabled" property of javax.swing.Action objects did not work.

3.1.1.1 (IntelliJ IDEA plug-in only)

Bugs fixed

IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed deprecated method ProjectImpl.getProjectFile() usage error in IntelliJ IDEA 7.0.

3.1.1

New Features

Property editor for java.awt.Paint.
I18n: Support specification of resource bundle key for TitledBorders.
Support for JViewport.
Java code generator: Possibility to specify whether to generate code on a form-by-form basis.
Java code generator: Support for TableLayout implementation in another package.
Eclipse plug-in: Added "Generate Java Code" command to designer toolbar.
Updated JRE 6.0 in Windows setup to JRE 6.0 Update 3.
Updated JRE 5.0 in Windows setup to JRE 5.0 Update 13.
Updated JRE 1.4 in Windows setup to JRE 1.4.2_16.

Bugs fixed

FlowLayout properties not shown in Properties view when running on Java 1.4 or Java 5 (since 3.1).
Eclipse plug-in did not work on 64-bit Linux (since 3.1).
IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed IllegalAccessException: Class com.jformdesigner.yX can not access a member of class com.intellij.openapi.localVcs.LvcsAction$1 with modifiers "public".
IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed assertion when using Perforce VCS.
JBuilder plug-in: jbInit() converter replaced layout manager of custom beans, which already had set the layout manager in the bean constructor.
JBuilder plug-in: "Add" buttons on "Native Library Paths" preferences page did not work.
Stand-alone: Update unknown palette icons on project open.

3.1

New Features

Animated layout changes in Design view.
Preferences page "General" added.
Relative font specification.
JBuilder 2005/2006 plug-in. (for JBuilder 2007 use the Eclipse plug-in)
Support Java 6 baseline layout extensions of GridBagLayout and FlowLayout.
Support abstract classes as superclass of forms.
Support JavaBeans that use native libraries (e.g. JOGL). Added "Native Library Paths" page to the preferences.
Properties view: Use spinner component as cell editor for number properties.
Properties view: Improved keyboard editing: Space key starts editing; other keys replace old value.
Added "no layout (GenericIndexLayout)" to list of layout managers in "New Container" dialog.
Test form: If form uses CardLayout, then show same cards in the test form as in the Design view.
Improved ButtonGroup member visualization.
Support for ButtonGroup subclasses.
Java code generator: Possibility to generate initComponentsI18n() method, which can be used to switch locale at runtime.
Preferences: Added "Import" and "Export" buttons to the IDE plug-ins preferences/settings dialogs for importing and exporting of JFormDesigner .prefs files, which are compatible with all editions of JFormDesigner (IDE plug-ins and stand-alone).
Preferences: Possibility to export parts of the preferences.
Preferences: Added "Restore Defaults" button to preferences/settings dialogs of stand-alone edition and IntelliJ IDEA plug-in.
Stand-alone: Possibility to change order of classpath entries in project dialog.
Updated JGoodies Looks to 2.1.4.
Updated JGoodies Forms to 1.1.
Updated TableLayout to latest release (2007-03-06).
The runtime library jfd-loader.jar, which can be used to load .jfd files at runtime, is now open source licensed under the BSD license. Source code and Javadoc are in the redist folder. jfd-loader.jar is now about 20kB larger because it is no longer obfuscated.

Bugs fixed

If a spinner component is focused in a dialog, the ENTER and ESC keys now work as expected and close the dialog.
Properties view sometimes lost focus after editing a property value.
Eclipse plug-in: Improved reliability and stability of Swing/SWT integration (especially on Mac OS X and Linux).
Eclipse plug-in: Fixed StackOverflowError while calling X11 error handler, which sometimes occurred on Linux/GTK.
Eclipse plug-in: When renaming a component in Outline view, the editing text field was not focused on Linux.
Eclipse plug-in: Failed to open forms if xercesImpl.jar is in <JRE>/lib/ext folder.