Using Custom components in IntelliJ IDEA

Anybody from IntelliJ just have a look

Hi,

Do you use IDEA 4.5? If so, please note that the Help is outdated - palettes
are configured via UI (IDE Settings | GUI Designer | Palette), and there's
no need to edit palette descriptor file anymore.

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"Tomy" <tomcruise9090@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:28579314.1089545447580.JavaMail.itn@is.intellij.net...

Hi all,

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I wanna use some costom swing components.As am using GUI designer,i cant

create objects for custom swing class and use it.So i followed IDEA's help
which says like this
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1)Install your UI beans library(ies) to the IDEA lib folder
2)Create a special palette descriptor file
3)Restart IDEA, set the Additional component palette option to the a new

value that will appear in the list, then start IDEA again.

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I have followed exactly what the HELP said.But i did'nt get my custom

component in toolbar.My component is JDateField.and i have grouped it in
MyBeans.But no group named MyBeans is appearing in toolbar.I have set the
Additional component palette option to the a new value,that is palette.then
restarted IDEA.But no component is displaying.
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I am adding the palette.xml file with this.Plz have a look on it.

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here's palette.xml,

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

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<palette>
<group name = "MyBeans">

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<item class = "/com/theotherbell/ui/com.theotherbell.ui.DateField"
icon="/pic/datefieldicon.gif"
small-icon="/pic/datefieldiconsmall.gif"
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<default-constraints vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="3" anchor="0"

fill="1"/>
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</item>

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</group>

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</palette>
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Thx in adv,
Tom

>Do you use IDEA 4.5? If so, please note that the Help is >outdated - palettes
>are configured via UI (IDE Settings | GUI Designer | >Palette), and there's
>no need to edit palette descriptor file anymore.

I am using IDEA 4.0.So what i can do with it?.

Just care,

Thanks,
Tom

Tomy wrote:

>>Do you use IDEA 4.5? If so, please note that the Help is >outdated - palettes
>>are configured via UI (IDE Settings | GUI Designer | >Palette), and there's
>>no need to edit palette descriptor file anymore.

I am using IDEA 4.0.So what i can do with it?.

Just care,

Thanks,
Tom

I suspect the easiest way would way a few days before 4.5 release or download RC from www.intellij.net/eap :)
Upgrade from 4.0 to 4.5 will be free of charge anyway.

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