JFormDesigner™ README
Thank you for downloading JFormDesigner.
Introduction
JFormDesigner is an advanced GUI designer for Java™ Swing
user interfaces. Its outstanding support for JGoodies FormLayout, GroupLayout
(Free Design), TableLayout
and GridBagLayout makes it easy to create professional looking forms.
JFormDesigner is available in four editions: as stand-alone
application and as IDE plug-ins for Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA and JBuilder.
Changes
Changes since last release: read...
Home page and contact addresses
www.formdev.com
- FormDev Software GmbH
support@formdev.com
- Technical support
sales@formdev.com -
Sales inquiries
System Requirements
Sun/Oracle Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 5, 6 or 7. Latest Java
6 is recommended.
- Eclipse plug-in: Eclipse 3.2, 3.3, 3.4,
3.5, 3.6 or 3.7; other Eclipse based Java IDEs (e.g. JBuilder 2007+ or
IBM RAD running on Sun/Oracle JRE); Mac OS X: Java
SE 5.0 Release 5 (1.5.0_07) or later required, Eclipse 3.3 and
3.3.1 are not supported on Mac OS X because of Eclipse
Bug 199020
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: IntelliJ IDEA 8.0,
8.1, 9.0, 10.0, 10.5, 11.0 or 11.1
- JBuilder plug-in: JBuilder 2006 (for
JBuilder 2007+ use the Eclipse plug-in)
Installation Instructions
Stand-alone
- Windows: Execute the installer and follow the
instructions. Administrator rights are not required. The
installer adds a menu item to the Windows Start menu.
- Mac OS X: Open the downloaded disk image (.dmg) and
drag-and-drop the JFormDesigner application to your
Applications
folder.
- Other platforms: Extract the downloaded archive. Execute
JFormDesigner.sh
to start JFormDesigner.
Eclipse plug-in
The Eclipse plug-in is available in two different ZIPs.
Make sure to use the right one for the chosen installation method.
- JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse-site.zip is an Eclipse "Site
Archive",
which is used to install JFormDesigner using Eclipse Software Manager.
Do not extract this ZIP into the
Eclipse installation folder.
- JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse.zip is a simple ZIP archive,
which can
be extracted into the Eclipse installation folder (or the Eclipse 3.4+
dropins folder).
Installation using Eclipse Software Manager
(JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse-site.zip)
Eclipse 3.7 - 3.5
- Start Eclipse.
- Open the install wizard (Menu: Help > Install New
Software)
- Click Add button to open the Add Repository
dialog.
- Click Archive button, select the site archive ZIP
file
(JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse-site.zip) and click OK to close the Add
Repository dialog.
- Check "JFormDesigner" in the list of available software
and click Next.
- Review the items to be installed and click Next.
- If requested, accept the license agreement and click Finish
to start the installation.
- Restart Eclipse.
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Eclipse 3.4
- Start Eclipse.
- Open the update manager (Menu: Help > Software
Updates)
- Select the Available Software tab.
- Click Add Site button.
- Click Archive button, select the site archive ZIP
file
(JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse-site.zip) and click OK to close the Add
Site dialog.
- Select the added ZIP in the list of available software and
click
the Install button to start the installation.
- Check "JFormDesigner" in the Install dialog and
continue with Next or Finish.
- If requested, accept the license agreement and continue.
- Restart Eclipse.
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Eclipse 3.3 - 3.2
- Start Eclipse.
- Open the update manager (Menu: Help > Software
Updates > Find and Install)
- Select the Search for new features to install radio
button and click Next.
- Click New Archived Site button and select the site
archive ZIP file (JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse-site.zip).
- Click Finish to start the search.
- Check "JFormDesigner" in the search result list and
continue with Next.
- Accept the license agreement and continue as usual.
- Restart Eclipse.
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Note: To download and install the latest stable version of
the Eclipse plug-in, it is recommended to use the update site http://download.formdev.com/jformdesigner/eclipse/
in the Eclipse Software Manager instead of downloading the site archive
ZIP file. Details
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Manual installation (JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse.zip)
Eclipse 3.7 - 3.4
- Quit Eclipse.
- Extract the ZIP file (JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse.zip) into a
folder in the Eclipse dropins folder:
<eclipse-install>/
dropins/
JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse/
features/
com.jformdesigner_x.x.x/...
plugins/
com.jformdesigner_x.x.x.jar
com.jformdesigner.doc_x.x.x.jar
com.jformdesigner.redist_x.x.x/...
- Start Eclipse.
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Eclipse 3.3 - 3.2
- Quit Eclipse.
- Extract the ZIP file (JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse.zip)
directly into the Eclipse installation folder:
<eclipse-install>/
features/
com.jformdesigner_x.x.x/...
plugins/
com.jformdesigner_x.x.x.jar
com.jformdesigner.doc_x.x.x.jar
com.jformdesigner.redist_x.x.x/...
- Start Eclipse.
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IntelliJ IDEA plug-in
- Quit IntelliJ IDEA.
- Extract the ZIP file (JFormDesigner-x.x-intellij-idea.zip) into
one of IntelliJ IDEA's plugins folders. Either into <user-home>/.IntelliJIdeaXX/config/plugins
or into <intellij-idea-install>/plugins:
<user-home>/.IntelliJIdeaXX/config/plugins/
or <intellij-idea-install>/plugins/
JFormDesigner/
help/...
lib/...
redist/...
README.html, LICENSE.html, ...
- Start IntelliJ IDEA.
Note: To download and install the latest stable version of
the IntelliJ IDEA plug-in, it is recommended to use the IntelliJ IDEA
plug-in manager (File > Settings > Plugins > Available)
instead of manually downloading and extracting the ZIP file. Details
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JBuilder 2006 plug-in
- Quit JBuilder.
- Extract the ZIP file (JFormDesigner-x.x-jbuilder.zip) into the
JBuilder <jbuilder-install>/lib/ext folder:
<jbuilder-install>/lib/ext/
JFormDesigner-JBuilder.jar
JFormDesigner/
README.html, LICENSE.html, redist/, ...
- Start JBuilder
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