Step 1: Create a new Java Application
In Eclipse select File > New > Java Project:
Step 2: Create a new Frame
In Eclipse, right click the ‘src’ folder and select New > Other.
In the wizard dialog that appears select WindowBuilder > Swing Designer > JFrame:
Click Next. Give your JFrame a name:
Click Finish.
Note how the following code for gui.java gets generated:
import java.awt.BorderLayout; public class gui extends JFrame { private JPanel contentPane; /** * Launch the application. */ public static void main(String[] args) { EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { try { gui frame = new gui(); frame.setVisible(true); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }); } /** * Create the frame. */ public gui() { setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); setBounds(100, 100, 450, 300); contentPane = new JPanel(); contentPane.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5)); contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout(0, 0)); setContentPane(contentPane); } }
Step 3: Build and fix compiler warnings
Note also when building the project we get the one warning:
“The serializable class gui does not declare a static final serialVersionUID field of type long gui.java /WindowsApp/src line 9 Java Problem”
Click your mouse pointer over by the warning symbol and allow Eclipse to correct it:
On building and running the project we have our bare minimum Windows application as shown: