JEditList 1.1 Installation & Compatibility

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Installation

Download the JEditList zip file and unzip.  This will create a JEditList folder containing both code and documentation.

To access the documentation, use your favorite browser to view the file JEditListREADME.html.

To use JEditList as an ordinary class, since JEditList comprises a group of classes in package com.wildcrest.jeditlist, the folder com\wildcrest\jeditlist needs to be accessible from your class path. You need to do one of the following things:

1. Modify your classpath to include the JEditList folder (the top-level folder of what was unzipped)
2. Modify your classpath to include JEditList.jar
3. In an applet tag, set ARCHIVE=JEditList.jar
4. Pick a folder in your current classpath that does not already have a com folder. Copy JEditList's com folder into it.  One possibility is the folder that contains your application, which is always in your classpath.
5. Pick an existing com folder in your current classpath that does not have a wildcrest subfolder.  Copy the wildcrest subfolder into your existing com folder
6. If you already have a com\wildcrest folder in your classpath, copy JEditList's com\wildcrest\jditlist subfolder into it

To use JEditList as a JavaBean, copy JEditList.jar into the jar folder appropriate for your visual application builder:
        for the JavaSoft BDK BeanBox: \bdk\jars
        for the IBM WebRunner BeanTester: \webrunner\BeanTools\beantester\beans
        for Symantec Visual Cafe: can place the .jar anywhere (use "Insert: Component to Library..." command, then add to desired palette)
        for Borland JBuilder: can place the .jar anywhere (right click on component palette, select "Properties", then use "Add from Archive")

FYI, the JEditList class files in com\wildcrest\jditlist are identical to the corresponding class files in the JEditList.jar archive.
 

Compatibility and known problems

JEditList 1.1 was developed under JDK 1.1.7A and Swing 1.1beta3 on Windows 95.  Compatibility has been tested on different platforms as follows:

Windows:

JEditList 1.1 has been tested successfully on Windows with:

• JDK 1.1.5 with Swing 1.1beta3 on Windows 95
• JDK 1.1.6 with Swing 1.1beta3 on Windows 95
• JDK 1.1.7A with Swing 1.1 beta3 on Windows 95
• Netscape Communicator 4.04 (JDK1.1.4, Swing 1.1beta3) on Windows 95 (Swing can initially take a minute or two to load)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 (Microsoft VM, Swing 1.1beta3) on Windows 95

 

• JDK 1.1.7 with Swing 1.1beta3 on Windows 95 (text cut & paste is broken in JDK 1.1.7 for Windows 95 (NT is OK), so cut & paste only works between JEditList components under this release, Windows 95 users should upgrade to JDK 1.1.7A).
• JavaSoft BDK 1.0 BeanBox February 98 release on Windows 95
• lightWeight popup only displays if it partially falls outside the work area, since current BeanBox is still implemented using heavyweight AWT frames
• IBM WebRunner BeanTester 1.3 on Windows 95
• same problem as BeanBox, for the same reason

• JDK 1.2beta3, 1.2beta4, Swing 1.0.1, or Swing 1.0.2 since Sun used different Swing package names in those releases (JEditList 1.0 can be used with JDK 1.2beta4, Swing 1.0.1, and Swing 1.0.2.  No JEditList release is available for JDK 1.2beta3).

Macintosh:

As of the date of this release, Swing has not yet been released for the Macintosh, therefore JEditList has not been tested on this platform..
 

Solaris:

JEditList 1.1 has been tested successfully on Solaris using:

• JDK 1.1.6 with Swing 1.1beta3 on Solaris

Please report any difficulties with JEditList on your configurations by email to products@wildcrest.com.  Be sure to include what Java release, OS, and development environment or bean tools you are using.  Efforts will be made to fix problems in JEditList, but certain problems may not be possible for it to detect and/or correct.