Hi,

Does anyone know how to execute a java Swing program from within ultraedit?

I'd like to be able to click the tool icon and have the current Swing program be executed and the window be displayed.

I've configured a tool to do this, and I checked the "Windows Program" box, but when I execute the tool, the dos window opens for a brief second but the java window from my program never displays.

I think the problem has something to do with the dos window closing so quickly - because I am able to do this with... dare I say! ... Textpad... and there the dos window does stay open while the java window is open. Once I close the dos window, the java window closes.

So... if there's a way to tell UE to keep the dos window open, maybe that would work.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions,
Josh

Dan,

I currently have it configured as:
command line - java "%f"
working directory - blank
windows program - checked
output to list box radio button - selected
show dos box - checked
capture output - checked

I've tried various combinations of the radion buttons and checkboxes.

btw - I'm using version 9.00b

Thanks,
Josh

Dan,

Hey that's great - it works! Thanks for your help. Now I can come back from the dark side (ie, Textpad...).

btw - judging from your resume you have quite a bit of java experience... which ide do you prefer? I'm new to java so looking to see what people use and why. I've been using netbeans, but I'm finding that editing slows rapidly as the file size grows.

Josh