Perforce JViews Framework Sample: Creating Graphics Objects

Description

This sample shows a view containing one instance of each class in the JViews graphic package. The class name for each object type is listed next to the object.
To make code more readable, most JViews samples read the data necessary to create graphers from JViews .ivl files. This sample shows the Java code necessary to create JViews graphics objects. In this sample graphic objects are created by calling the NewGraphics.addGraphicObjects() method.
In addition to standard JViews graphics types, a custom graphic object is defined and displayed in this sample. The MyZoomableReliefLabel class demonstrates how to create your own unique graphics types.

How to Use the Sample

Use the scroll bar to pan the view and see all the objects.
- Sets the view in Pan mode. Pan the view by dragging the image.
- Sets Selection mode. Select, move, and edit objects.
- Zoom on an area by selecting area to be magnified.
- Zoom in.
- Zoom out.
- Make the entire image visible.

How to Run the Sample as an Application

This sample can be run as an application. The installation directory contains an executable JAR file, graphics.jar, that allows you to execute the sample with a double click from a file browser. Note that if you are using Internet Explorer, you can open the installation directory and execute the JAR file from the browser. This technique may not work in other Web browsers.

Alternatively, you can run the sample application from the command line. First check that the Ant utility is properly configured. If not, see the instructions on how to configure Ant for Perforce JViews.

Then, go to the installation directory of the sample and type:

ant run

Topics Covered

How to create standard and customized graphics objects.

Installation Directory

The Creating Graphics Objects sample is installed here.