Using the "Choose bean" option

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Using the "Choose bean" option

Postby Cluster » Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:37 am

Hi!

I am a new user of Windowbuilder Pro, and I am interested by its databinding features. I am trying to bind a field of one of my objects to a textfield (for example). I do not want to write the instanciation of my object in the code such as "private MyObject anObject = new MyObject();", I would like to do it from the designer (because people who are not familiar with Java will use it). So I am using the "Choose bean" feature to create a visual bean in the designer's window. But the bean I create does not appear in the "Bean objects" list in the "Edit Data Bindings" window.

I found on another topic (viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1541) in which it says that I must refresh the designer or restart the designer, so the visual bean disappear and I can than find it in the "Bean objects" list.

So my question is: Am I using the "Choose bean" feature correctly or is it a bug?

I hope my question is clear. Thanks in advance for your answer.

Screen shot of the visual bean I am talking about:
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Re: Using the "Choose bean" option

Postby Eric Clayberg » Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:09 am

If you add a non-visual bean via Image Choose bean rather than via editing the source, then click the Image Refresh button un the Designer toolbar before openning the Image Data Binding dialog.
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