VisualAge(R) for Java(TM)

Version 3.5

Examples

RELEASE NOTES

Table of contents

1.0 Introduction
2.0 Limitations and known problems
      2.1 Visual Composition Editor examples
             2.1.1 com.ibm.ivj.examples.vc.beandemo
      2.2 Sun BDK(TM) Examples
            2.2.1 Adding Beans to Sun's BeanBox Demo
            2.2.2 BridgeTester Bean
      2.3 Sun JDK Examples
            2.3.1 Sun JDK Animator
            2.3.2 Sun JDK Clock
            2.3.3 Sun JDK DrawTest
            2.3.4 Sun JDK SymbolTest

1.0 Introduction

VisualAge for Java, Version 3.5 contains example applications and applets you can use to start exploring VisualAge for Java.

The examples fall into six categories:

Visual Composition Editor Examples
Getting Started Examples
Towers of Hanoi
Sun BDK Examples
Sun JDK Examples
AWT Examples

For information about adding the examples to your workspace and running the examples, please consult the online documentation.

2.0 Limitations and known problems

2.1 Visual Composition Editor Examples

2.1.1 com.ibm.ivj.examples.vc.beandemo
This example uses beans contained in the Sun BDK Examples project. This means that you have to load the project Sun BDK Examples before you can run this example.

You can load the Sun BDK Examples project before, at the same time or after you load the IBM Java Examples project.

If you loaded the IBM Java Examples project before loading the Sun BDK Examples project you would have noticed several compile errors that would show up in the "Unresolved Problems" tab of the Workbench. When you load the Sun BDK Examples these errors are automatically corrected.

2.2 Sun BDK Examples

2.2.1 Adding Beans to Sun's BeanBox Demo
If you want to add beans to the Sun BeanBox you must copy the *.jar files for the beans to the directory:

\<ibmvjava>\ide\project_resources\jars

where <ibmvjava> is the directory where you installed VisualAge for Java. 

You must also import the *.jar files into IBM VisualAge for Java before trying to run the new beans from the Sun BeanBox. Detailed instructions for importing *.jar can be found in the VisualAge for Java online documentation.

2.2.2 BridgeTester Bean
We do not ship the BridgeTester Bean that ships with Sun BDK. This bean exposes a bug in Sun's java.beans package.

2.3 Sun JDK Examples

2.3.1 Sun JDK Animator
If you select the restart option from the applet viewer menu while animator is running errors will be displayed on the Console. The same behavior is present when this example is run under Sun J2SDK v1.2.2.

2.3.2 Sun JDK Clock
The graphical time display will show the current system time but the textual time may be incorrect.

2.3.3 Sun JDK DrawTest
If you are running IBM VisualAge for Java in Windows 98/2000/NT and are using 256 colors then the fourth radio button from the left will not draw with the displayed color. This is a known problem that has to do with the way Windows allocates colors. The problem does not appear if you have a higher color resolution.

2.3.4 Sun JDK SymbolTest
The symbols will not be displayed. Instead you will see the escape codes for the symbols. This is a known problem.