Re: JInternalFrame and Action Listeners for the parent window

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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 23:39:23 -0000

Is an internal frame listener the best option ?

Or is there a neater method ?

Regards

Craig Henry
"Jon A. Cruz" <jon@joncruz.org> wrote in message
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> craig_henry198@connectfree.co.uk wrote:
> > I have a JDesktopFrame and JInternalFrame setup (MDI). I'm creating
> > windows fine and dandy all over the shop and putting interface / code
> > inside the windows.
>
> Ewww...
>
> MDI has be deprecated for 'bout 10 years now at least.
>
>
> >
> > However I want to be able to click a button inside one child window
> > and that opens up another child window of the parent frame but I cant
> > work out how to call the action listener of the parent frame from
> > inside the internal one.
>
> Don't think in terms of GUI things holding your logic and running your
> state.
>
>
> Instead come up with some model classes that represent the data and
> concepts of your application. Have all these talk to each other. Then
> just hook up some windows to the proper models.
>
> Think of the models as the skin and bones of your app. And the GUI as
> the skin. Get the structure and functionality from the models and then
> just hang the GUI on them.
>
>

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