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* [http://vernon.is-a-geek.org/JGuiGen/JGuiGen.html Screencast] ... just a placeholder for now
 
  
* [[notes made during creation of demo script]]
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==== Our Objectives: ====
* [[notes made during moves of files on 20060410]]
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* [[notes made attempting to compile with java 1.5 on 20060411]] (not as bad as i expected)
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* [[notes made 20060411 evening]]
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# Assumed to have installed: sdk, eclipse 3.1.2
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# [http://lightcloud.verns.net/JGuiGen/JGuiGenDemo.html JGuiGen Demo Screencast] 13 minutes
# svn checkout https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/jguigen/JGuiGen/trunk/ jguigen
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## This screencast shows some of the features your users will get if you generate a GUI using JGuiGen
# cd jguigen
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## created on 20060510 using revision 235
# unzip JGuiGenMisc.zip
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## [[JGuiGenDemo Script]]
# ./build.sh
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# [http://lightcloud.verns.net/JGuiGen/JGuiGen.html JGuiGen Screencast] 14 minutes
# classpath=".:"`echo lib/*.jar | tr " " ":"`
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## This is a demonstration showing how to quickly generate a powerful GUI using JGuiGen
# java -cp $classpath JGuiGen
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## created on 20060512 using revision 235
# Users
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## [[JGuiGen Lead Script]]
# UserDemo
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# change the social security number
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# change the start date
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# change to a different row in the table and show off the validation catch
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# sort by clicking on a column
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# right click and drop your jaw
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# click back in the main window and change the ssn
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# right click ... choose next
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# watch validation work again
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# mention the 10 or so actions which are already coded for me, and I dont have to write code for that correctly validate and make sure the users of my gui do not loose data in irritating ways
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## changing rows in the table
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## next in the right click pop-up
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## previous in the right click pop-up
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## "Refresh table" in the right click pop-up
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## Find in the richt click pop-up and in the top menu
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## Extra in the right click pop-up and the top menu
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## "Dup" in the right click which means duplicate the current row with a new id number
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## "Add" in the right click and in the main menu
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## the exit button in the upper left
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## and the window close X button in the upper right ... web developers eat your heart out
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## we may have missed 1 or 2 ... isn't that rediculous
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# Notice that the font chooser has octothorpes around the text
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## the code still runs, which anyone whose ever had to do i18n should appreciate, and we can also go in and regenerate the resource bundles for the internationalization of that menu option
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# Notice that "ExtRa" button ... i should be able to easily find the code for this button in the java and rename it and add my own functionalty to it ... maybe runing a custom report
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# Look and feel (placeholder)
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## right click again ... choose inverse mono look and feel
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## right click ... choose Native
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# Print the screen (placeholder)
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# Find
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## First name "is equal to" Hale
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## OR
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## last name "is like" Sing%
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## Execute
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## Find ... note it saved our most recent find critereon
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## note the "Show inactive" button which toggles and ... guess what allows the user to find rows that they or someone else deleted last week, but were not really deleted of course ... just flagged that way so that you did not have to write that code again ... just use JGuiGen
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## Reports (place holder)
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# click Help in upper right
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## When we have generated our own gui the help will be our own help
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# Exit out of User Demo
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# The help that is "here" is for JGuiGen eating it's own dog food
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### this pop-up help
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### manual
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### readme
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# So there is plenty of documentation about JGuiGen for those of you who like to RTFM
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#
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# run the User -> UserLogData and watch an empty screen popup
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# Datadictionary -> Generate Application
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# Model - creates a class containing an abstract table model for one table.
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# Order - sort columns into the order you want them to appear in your GUI.
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# Create Java - actually generate the GUI class
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# choose .java
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#  
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# JGuiGenMisc - hsql text files, containing JGuiGenDB: Data_Dict, JGuiGen_i18n, UserLogData, CodesBank
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# tar xf JGuiGen.tar; cd JGuiGen; unzip JGuiGenMisc.zip
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# classpath=".:"`echo *.jar | tr " " ":"`
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# javac -classpath $classpath com/*/standard/*.java com/*/standard/XML/*.java com/*/src/*.java JGuiGen.java
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# vi JGuiGenIni.xml, add table name "Lead", add class name "Lead", add table model name "LeadTm"
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# launch db admin. sh ./runUtil.sh DatabaseManager ... type: "... Standalone", driver: JGuiGenDb ... Ok
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# cut and paste new table "Lead"
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# cut and paste new columns: id, date, address
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# run JGuiGen from the command line java -cp $classpath JGuiGen
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# Basic flow ... run JGuiGen and start in the Data Dictionary Menu
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## Mark Tables - place a check amrk on the "Process Table" field for your new Lead Table
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## Check Data Dictionary, Leave Flags, Run Now
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## Edit Data Dict ...Select the Lead table,  Do a bunch of stuff for each column
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## Generate Application (Model, Order, Create Java)
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## Exit from the Internationalization causes a write
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## Generate HTML (optional)
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# Compile and run the new gui
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## show out-of-the-box features of the gui
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## View, Add, Edit, Delete ... right click duplicate
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## Search for some rows
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## Oh ... what's this? ... Reports!
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## try closing a window after a change
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## try changing the row to edit after a change
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# wash, rinse, repeat ?, ?, ?, and ? showing features
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## Quickly adding a column, such as: ssn, phone, address
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## Internationalization
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## Hot keys
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## Change validation error message and Test
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## blast the coffee cup
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## run test scripts against the gui
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## show test script output
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# launch eclipse
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* Assumptions:  subversion, java sdk, maybe eclipse 3.1.2
 
* shameless plug - [http://hale.homeip.net/ Hale Pringle's web site]
 
* shameless plug - [http://hale.homeip.net/ Hale Pringle's web site]
 
 
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Notea about getting JGuiGen installed on SourceForge.
 
I ran into two "issues" while moving a new project to SourceForge as a Subversion version control project.
 
1.  SourceForce wants a Subversion dump file to start with which menat I needed to place JGuiGen into
 
subversion locally.  I created a repository using the Tortisesvn client.  I imported the files into the
 
repository and checked them out again.  Then it was time to create the dump.  TortiseSvn doesn't create
 
dump files so I needed to use the command line.  No problem.  The instructions said use the svnadmin tool to
 
create the dump file.  The issue came with figuring out what folder to be in when I ran svnadmin.  I finally
 
found out that being in the main repository folder worked.  That seems like a strange place to work from
 
but it worked.
 
 
2.  The instructions on uploading a new project said to use scp and copy the file to
 
scp FILENAME.ZIP
 
USERNAME@shell.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/P/PR/PROJECTNAME/FILENAME.ZIP
 
 
I tried this and it didn't work
 
scp jguigen.zip Halepringle@shell.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/P/PR/jguigen.zip.
 
 
What they don't mention in these instructions is that the "P/PR" are the first letter and first two letters
 
of our project name.  This worked
 
scp jguigen.zip Halepringle@shell.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/J/JG/jguigen.zip.
 
 
3. To update the SourceForge web site I used Winscp and logged into shell.sourceforge.net using my
 
sourceforge username and password.  That placed me in /home/users/h/ha/halepringle.  I navigated to /home/groups/j/jg/jguigen/htdocs and uploaded the web pages.
 
Hale 4/10/2006
 
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Our Objectives:

  1. JGuiGen Demo Screencast 13 minutes
    1. This screencast shows some of the features your users will get if you generate a GUI using JGuiGen
    2. created on 20060510 using revision 235
    3. JGuiGenDemo Script
  2. JGuiGen Screencast 14 minutes
    1. This is a demonstration showing how to quickly generate a powerful GUI using JGuiGen
    2. created on 20060512 using revision 235
    3. JGuiGen Lead Script