Message area tutorials

These tutorials explain how to use the Message area.

Running the tutorials

To run the tutorials, unzip the MDIFramework-samples-<version>.zip file. You can either open the Netbeans project and execute one of the configurations:

• MessageAreaTutorial for the message area tutorial
• MessageAreaTutorial2 for the second message area tutorial

or directly double-click on one of the jars:

• MessageAreaTutorial.jar for the message area tutorial
• MessageAreaTutorial2.jar for the second message area tutorial

First message area tutorial

The message area tutorial is a simple application derived from the basic tutorial which uses the Message area. With this example, we will learn to:

• Remove the default text when performing an action
• Use the message area with simple text
• Use the message area with styled text

Second message area tutorial

The second message area tutorial is a simple application derived from the first message area tutorial where we use more complex capabilites of the Message area. With this example, we will learn to:

• Add an hypertext message in the area
• Add actions when left clicking or right-clicking in the area on the message