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About Metalworks

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Metalworks is a simple Swing-based simulated e-mail

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application.  It shows off several features of Swing, including

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JInternalFrame, JTabbedPane, JFileChooser, JEditorPane, and

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JRadioButtonMenuItem.  Metalworks is optimized to work with the

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Java look and feel (codenamed "Metal") and shows use of several

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features, such as themes, that are specific to the Java look and

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feel.

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Running Metalworks

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To run the Metalworks demo:

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  java -jar Metalworks.jar

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These instructions assume that this installation's version of the java

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command is in your path.  If it isn't, then you should either

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specify the complete path to the java command or update your

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PATH environment variable as described in the installation

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instructions for the Java(TM) SE Development Kit.

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Metalworks Features

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The functionality of the Metalworks demo is minimal, and many

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controls are non-functional.  They are intended only to show how

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to construct the UI for such interfaces.  Things that do work in

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the Metalworks demo include:

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1. Choosing New from the File menu displays an e-mail

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   composition window.

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2. Choosing Open from the File menu brings up the file chooser.

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3. Choosing Preferences from the Edit menu will bring up a

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   dialog.  Most of this dialog is only for show.

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4. Choosing About Metalworks from the Help menu brings up a

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   JOptionPane with a brief description of the application.

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5. Choosing Open Help Window from the Help menu brings up an

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   internal frame that displays a set of HTML files containing

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   all sorts of useful info.  Look through these for tips about

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   using Metal.

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6. The Theme menu allows you to change the color theme of the

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   application.  The default theme (Steel) and several other

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   demo themes are included.  Note that the themes can control

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   not only the colors, but also the sizes of many controls.

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   Also included with this demo is the PropertiesMetalTheme

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   class, which allows you to read a theme's colors from a text

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   file.  The Charcoal theme is an example of using this.

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