Archive for the ‘Java’ Category
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Just a simple tip regarding module branding splash during development or debugging.
If you build a "standalone" module for your Netbeans RCP based application, during development you will notice that it will display the original Netbeans IDE/RCP splash screen rather than your branded application splash screen.
To enable your own branded splash ...
Posted in Alkitab, Java, Netbeans | 1 Comment »
Monday, February 18th, 2008
If you build an application on top of Netbeans Platform, you probably already know that it is using Apache Ant as the build system. Thanks to this flexibility of Netbeans Platform (ant based build system), this system allow us to do various trick to automate stuff. For example
Netbeans Platform ...
Posted in Java, Netbeans | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
This is the second part of Netbeans Platform i18n and localization trick. The first part is available at Netbeans Platform i18n and localization.
This approach is using branding trick to override the Netbeans Platform default localization. I think this is a HACK, use with caution. The proper localization should be ...
Posted in Java, Netbeans | No Comments »
Friday, January 18th, 2008
Finally, we just build Java Web Start for Sketsa SVG Editor and Citra FX Photo Effects. Last time, we disabled Java Web Start due to the Netbeans Bug: 96928 which is now fixed. However, there are another Java Web Start related bug which is not fixed yet:
96928 - fixed
76196 - ...
Posted in Citra FX, Java, KIYUT, Netbeans, SVG, Sketsa | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
So, you just finished creating Netbeans Platform based Application and ready to deploy it to the users. You might be interested to check IzPack Installer.
IzPack is an installers generator for the Java platform. It produces lightweight installers that can be run on any operating system where a Java virtual ...
Posted in Citra FX, Java, Netbeans, Sketsa | 9 Comments »
Thursday, December 6th, 2007
Sketsa SVG Editor 5.0 just released, Now by popular request we are going to develop SVG animation plugins module for the Sketsa. We are stuck at how the UI will flow, do you like the way Adobe Flash Editor, Jasc Webdraw, or you prefer new ways for doing animation editor, ...
Posted in Apache Batik, SVG, Sketsa | 13 Comments »
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Finally, I received my Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon DVD plus 5 DVD of Ubuntu 7.10 Repo for local installation. This 5xDVD Ubuntu Repo could save my time downloading all the required package :) (Internet Connection is still slow in my area)
Installation
Installation was easy, basically just follow the wizard, *attention* during ...
Posted in Java, Linux | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Last week, when I read the Netbeans users mailing list, there was interesting questions "Rich Client Platform (RCP) Why ?
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the question is why have this at all, whats wrong with Java. Where does Swing end and NB RPC start?
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I'm looking for an article that compares Java Swing to NB RPC.
I ...
Posted in Citra FX, Java, Netbeans, Sketsa | 1 Comment »
Monday, November 19th, 2007
Another series of Netbeans Platform branding, but this time is branding the updater.jar. Updater.jar is used by Netbeans Platform during modules updates and update tracking and work in conjunction with Auto Update Services.
After the branding of Splash Screen and About Dialog, you can also branding the updater splash image. This ...
Posted in Java, Netbeans, Sketsa | 3 Comments »
Friday, October 26th, 2007
As you probably know in Netbeans Platform each module has its own ClassLoader. So if you want to load resources (eg: properties file, xml file, image file, etc) from another module basically you are out of luck.
Just out of my head, there are at least 2 solutions available:
Create Utility or ...
Posted in Citra FX, Java, Netbeans, Sketsa | 4 Comments »