[JAVA] Display a second form within the main form

[K-LineD]

I'm using JAVA and NetBeans IDE to port some programs I wrote in C now to JAVA both to learn and to make them multiplataform.

I'm stuck in the GUI part, after some reading I can't figure out how to launch a second modular form, from the main one. I don't mean a messagebox but a full form with custom controls and actions (something like an Options dialog).

Can anyone share some knowledge with me??

Thanks!

[kjordan2001]

YourForm.setVisible(true);

and to hide:

YourForm.setVisible(false);

[GatorV]

You need to make your second gui form a class file and extend it from JFrame, or an Internal Frame, then just load it from your program.

Example: (assuming your second form is in a class named Form2)

Form2 form = new Form2();
form.setVisible( TRUE);

And that will do the trick :D

[K-LineD]

That did it, thanks a lot!

Now, any way to make the second form modal so it can't loose focus unles it's closed?

[kjordan2001]

http://java.sun.com/developer/JDCTechTips/2001/tt1220.html

Or make a JDialog instead of a JFrame.