Unable to generate Swing GroupLayout

[mandrew]

Hi, How can I avoid using the org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout and use the Swing version instead. I am using JRE 1.6 and have remove all pointers to earlier versions. I also keep removing the Swing-Layout Jar file from the required libraries but everytime I create a new JFrame and change it to the GroupLayout it is automatically added back in. Ultimately I have Netbeans Swing classes which I want to transfer to JB2008 but keep getting errors due to the this problem. HELP!

[Eric Clayberg]

Make sure the Designer > Swing > GroupLayout > Use JDK classes if possible is turned on.



Also make sure that you are running Eclipse using JDK 1.6 and not an earlier version that does not support GroupLayout.

[mandrew]

Thanks for the Reply. All that is done but still the org package appears. Interestingly if I go to help and configuration it states i'm using Java 1.5 but I am definitely pointing at 1.6. I know this because some of the classes I've transferred have the Swing Grouplayout and I had to change from 1.5 to 1.6 to remove the compiler errors. Any ideas.

[Eric Clayberg]

There are two JDKs involved here: the one you compile against and the one you run Eclipse against. Both have to be JDK 1.6 or higher.

It sounds like you are still launching Eclipse using JDK 1.5.

[mandrew]

Thanks but how do I change the Eclipse jvm? I've updated the Jbuilder.ini file with line -vm C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_06\bin\javaw but this has no effect.

[mandrew]

Now done. Had the line in the wrong place in the config file. Grouplayout now working correctly. Config file now reads:

-configuration
C:\JBuilder2008\configuration_JBuilder
-showsplash
com.borland.jbuilder
-vm
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_06\bin\javaw
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m
-vmargs
-Xms80M
-Xmx896M

Many thanks for your prompt help.

[Eric Clayberg]

Good. I'm glad you got it working.