Chapter 16: Creating Windows

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Chapter 16 Creating Windows
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Basics of GUI Programming

• How to create a Window. TryWindow.java
• You always need a JFrame component before
  creating a window
• You can use a ToolKit object to get information
  about the environment in which your program is
  running or a method in the GraphicsEnvironment
  class
• Ex1 Using Toolkit\TryWindow.java
• EX2 Using GraphicsEnvironment\TryWindow.java
• Point object. Ex PlayingPoints.java
• Changing Color and Cursor. Ex TryWindow.java

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Basics of GUI Programming (Cont.)

• Getting Information from the local graphics
  environment. Ex SysInfo.java
• Swing Components JButton, JMenu, JLabel,
  JTextArea, JTextField, etc.
• Layout Managers FlowLayout. Ex
  TryFlowLayout.java
• Ex TryApplet.java
• BorderLayout. ExTryBorderLayout.java
• CardLayout Ex TryCardLayout.java (Applet)
• GridLayout Ex TryGridLayout.java
• Creating Menus Ex Sketcher.java