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Package borland.jbcl.control

About the borland.jbcl.control package

• Are composite components that follow the JBCL model-view architecture. Composite components provide greater flexibility; many of them allow you to connect different models, item painters, and item editors to the same view.
• Are data-aware (can be connected to JBCL DataSets).
• Allow multiple user interface elements to share the same data items and selection set.
• Are capable of displaying non-string items, such as images.

See also:

• Overview of classes in this package
• Quick Start: About components and containers
• Quick Start: Components on the Component Palette
• Component Writer's Guide: Understanding model-view component architecture
• Component Writer's Guide: Creating a data-aware component
• Component Writer's Guide: JavaBeans components: Kinds of components
• Library overview

Classes and Components

Overview of classes in the control package

Containers

BevelPanel - A rectangular container with a 3-dimensional edge; enables grouping of other components, including other panels.

DecoratedFrame - A top-level window with a title, menubar, and window controls.

GroupBox - A rectangular box with an optional label; for grouping controls.

JComponentProxy - Provides a concrete class for JComponent. Used by the JBuilder design tools.

SplitPanel - A panel that is divided into several panes by movable split bars.

TabsetPanel - A set of mutually exclusive tabbed pages, with tabs at the top or bottom, and a scrollbar when several tabs are shown in a small area.

Controls

ButtonBar - A container for buttons, often near the top of the window.

ButtonControl - A clickable button with a label and an image.

ButtonDescriptor - Stores the command, label, ID, and closeDialog properties for a button.

CheckboxControl - A check box that can be set or cleared. A data-aware, model-view control.

ChoiceControl - A drop-down menu of choices that shows the selected item when not dropped down.

ListControl - Shows a scrollable list of items, enabling selection and editing.

LookAndFeelComboBox - A simple ComboBox that allows specification of a LookAndFeel at runtime.

TreeControl - Displays an expandable graph or hierarchical list, such as the directories and files on a disk, or an outline of headings in a document.

TreeItems - A string processor for the items property of TreeControl.

GridControl - Allows viewing and editing rows and columns of data; includes column and row headers.

TabsetControl - A set of mutually exclusive tabs, without pages.

LocatorControl - Provides incremental search in a character field or column, searching in the associated DataSet as each character is typed into the component.

NavigatorControl - A button bar with several buttons, enabling navigation through a DataSet shown in a GridControl and editing data.

DatasetColumnView - A ColumnView that is bound to a column of a DataSet and also picks up its properties from the column.

PickListItemEditor - Provides functionality for a single column picklist. Can be used as the itemEditor property value of the Column component of a DataSet. Uses the Column component's pickList property, which is stored in the PickListDescriptor. Sets the column that the editor is bound to.

PopupPickListItemEditor - Similar to the PickListItemEditor but provides functionality for a multi-column picklist.

CheckboxPanel - A component that contains CheckboxControl components to handle their layout and location, and can group them as radio buttons.

FontChooserPanel - A panel that enables the end user to specify the font style and settings. This class is designed to be added to your own custom dialog or frame, programmatically.

ColorChooserPanel - A panel that enables graphical selection of color values. This class is designed to be added to your own custom dialog or frame, programmatically.

UserNamePasswordPanel - A user name and password panel for accessing a DataSet.

Dialog classes

MessageDialog - A message box with standard buttons.

ButtonDialog - Extends awt.Dialog, adding standard buttons and button sets. Extended by JBCL dialog classes.

ExceptionDialog - A dialog box that lists exceptions thrown, with a Previous, Next, and Details button.

FontChooserDialog - A dialog class that enables the end user to specify the font style and settings.

ColorChooserDialog - A dialog class that enables graphical selection of color values.

StringInput - A simple dialog box that contains an input box and OK and CANCEL buttons.

UserNamePasswordDialog - A user name and password dialog for accessing a DataSet.

Filer - A File Open dialog or File Save As dialog.

ColorChooser - A dialog component that enables graphical selection of color values. A data-aware wrapper for ColorChooserDialog, for use in the UI Designer.

FontChooser - A dialog box component that enables the end user to specify the font style and settings. Used in the UI Designer.

Message - A message box component with standard buttons.

Graphics classes

ImageControl - A repository of pixel values to display a graphic image.

ShapeControl - Draws graphics shapes such as rectangles with rounded corners.

TransparentImage - Displays a graphic image that contains "transparent" parts so that you can see through to the background behind the image.

Text display classes

LabelControl - Displays a single read-only line of text.

FieldControl - Displays a single value, often allowing editing.

TextAreaControl - A rectangular area for displaying and editing multiple lines of text.

TextControl - Displays a line of text usually used as a label. Can be transparent.

TextFieldControl - A rectangular area for displaying and editing a single line of text.

StringInput - A container to use when prompting for string input.

StatusBar - A container to display status messages, often generated by an associated DataSet.

MaskableTextItemEditor - Edits text data items and allows an edit mask pattern to be specified.