beginner, swing "problem"

[fake.personality]

Hi,

I am writing simple application. It's some kind of XML editor. Anyway,
I would like to make a menu with "add document" option, which in turn
would open a new window with some kind of form (first name, last name,
address, etc.).

Now the question: what should I use to build the second window?
JDialog? Is it possible to build JDialog with multiple input fields?
Second question: how to get the answers (the input) to the parent
window?

All I need are some clues..
Thanks

 

[Roedy Green]

Now the question: what should I use to build the second window?
JDialog? Is it possible to build JDialog with multiple input fields?
Second question: how to get the answers (the input) to the parent
window?

It depends what you want it to do. You have quite a few choices. See
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/swing.html
where I give an outline of the differences between the various types
of Window.

 

[Paulus de Boska]

Here's an example of a custom dialog :

http://javalessons.com/cgi-bin/ui/java-swing.cgi?1cd=odl&sid=ao789

 

[fake.personality]

It depends what you want it to do. You have quite a few choices. See
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/swing.html
where I give an outline of the differences between the various types
of Window.

Thanks, I am going to read it in a few minutes.
Greets