The Java XML GuiBuilder ( release of 06.04.2005 ), are specified with the interface design in many projects, now supports tasks in the style of Windows Explorer and Outlook. Even simple but attractive button bars are possible.
The new features are the possibilities for the specification of surfaces, as it were possible in previous versions of the GuiBuilder of tree structures in order to expand modern elements.
The following excerpt from an XML specification file a window is created (\u0026lt;Form>) and then a bar (\u0026lt;OutlookBar>) with the section (\u0026lt;Folders>) generated. This section is specified by a button (\u0026lt;OutlookBarButton>) with the title "Welcome" and an icon.
is in the Outlook Bar, the "Welcome" selected by the user, so be on the right side of the window, the title "Welcome Folders" and a text field (\u0026lt;Text>) called "Input 1" is displayed.
\u0026lt;GDL>
<Form label="Demo Outlook Bar">
<OutlookBar size="100,200">
<OutlookBarTab label="Folders">
<OutlookBarButton label="Welcome" img="images/welcome32x32.png">
<Title label="Folders Welcome"/>
<Text label="Eingabe1:"/>
<yFiller/>
</OutlookBarButton>
</OutlookBarTab>
\u0026lt;/ OutlookBar>
\u0026lt;/ form>
\u0026lt;/ GDL>
A complete XML example ( http://pkjs.de/guibuilder/OutlookBar.xml ) generated in GuiBuilder the above known Outlook style interface. Here you can start it by JavaWebStart ( http://pkjs.de/guibuilder/Outlook.jnlp ).
task pane, as used by Windows Explorer, with the GuiBuilder also possible. These are the new tags \u0026lt;TaskPane>, \u0026lt;TaskPaneTab> and \u0026lt;TaskPaneButton> introduced. These tags are similar to the Outlook Bar used. An excerpt from an XML file that implements the example in the Outlook-style in an Explorer-style:
\u0026lt;GDL>
\u0026lt;Form label="Demo TaskPane">
\u0026lt;TaskPane>
\u0026lt;TaskPaneTab label="File and Folder Tasks" img="images/tasks-email.png" tt="EMail">
\u0026lt;TaskPaneButton label = "Send by Email" img = "images / tasks-email.png>
\u0026lt;Title label="Welcome"/>
\u0026lt;Text label="Eingabe1:"/>
\u0026lt;yFiller/>
\u0026lt;/ TaskPaneButton>
\u0026lt;/ TaskPaneTab>
\u0026lt;/ TaskPane>
\u0026lt;form />
\u0026lt;/ GDL>
a complete example of problem areas, such as those from the Windows Explorer is known, specified with the following XML file ( http://pkjs.de/guibuilder/Taskpane.xml ). You can download the sample from JavaWebStart here: http://pkjs.de/guibuilder/Taskpane.jnlp .
The button bar is specified with the tags and \u0026lt;ButtonBar> \u0026lt;ButtonBarButton> by the same principle. For the complete example of such a specification file, see http://pkjs.de/guibuilder/ButtonBar.xml and can load it via the following link by JavaWebStart: http://pkjs.de/guibuilder/ButtonBar.jnlp .
