Can you create two GUIs?

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05-16-2010, 07:40 PM
SNPTT

Can you create two GUIs?

Hey
ive been recently creating a utility which is an interactive map. My problem is i have a window for the interactive map and a window for a distance tool, however, my distance tool (including JCombo Boxes and JLabels) are appearing on both windows, how do i make it so it only appears on one? I though maybe you create two GUIs for the windows?
05-16-2010, 07:50 PM
JosAH

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Originally Posted by SNPTT

Hey
ive been recently creating a utility which is an interactive map. My problem is i have a window for the interactive map and a window for a distance tool, however, my distance tool (including JCombo Boxes and JLabels) are appearing on both windows, how do i make it so it only appears on one? I though maybe you create two GUIs for the windows?

Maybe an JInternalFrame can be of any help?

kind regards,

Jos
05-16-2010, 08:00 PM
Norm

What do you mean by GUIs? Are you using the JFrame class to create windows?
How are you adding the components to the windows? Is there a common component that you are adding to both windows?

Not sure what you mean by saying the tools are appearing on both windows.
05-16-2010, 09:58 PM
camickr

Actually a component can only have a single parent. So if a component is appearing on two frames it is because you are creating two components and add each component to a different frame. Don't do this and you won't have a problem.
05-18-2010, 11:08 AM
SNPTT

Quote:

Originally Posted by Norm

What do you mean by GUIs? Are you using the JFrame class to create windows?
How are you adding the components to the windows? Is there a common component that you are adding to both windows?

Not sure what you mean by saying the tools are appearing on both windows.

Quote:

Originally Posted by camickr

Actually a component can only have a single parent. So if a component is appearing on two frames it is because you are creating two components and add each component to a different frame. Don't do this and you won't have a problem.

Quote:

Originally Posted by JosAH

Maybe an JInternalFrame can be of any help?

kind regards,

Jos

Hey guys, Thanks for answering :). In the end i created another class and ran them parallel using a JButton, i think :/ well whatever it was it seemed to work (Y)