Free-Form Surface

The free-form surface is the large open area in the Visual Composition Editor. It is like a blank sheet of paper or a work area where you can add, manipulate, and connect the beans that you use to create your composite bean.

Some of the functions you can perform on the free-form surface include:

You cannot edit on the free-form surface if the bean you are attempting to edit meets any of the following conditions:


Related concepts
Visual Composition Editor Overview
Visual Programming Fundamentals
How Classes and Beans Are Related
Visual, Nonvisual, and Composite Beans

Related procedures
Working with Beans Visually
Composing Beans Visually
Adding the IBM Java Examples project

Related references
Visual Composition Editor
The Menu Bar in Visual Composition
Properties
Pop-Up Menus for the Visual Composition Editor