Creating a simple gui in java for running a background process

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Well, I had this question in mind for a long time. Even though I have a complex requirement,i will keep it as simple as possible.

I have background process which takes two arguments which I use to execute from command line. The first argumets can have three valid values and the secong argument can have two valid values.

I usually run that process on command line in solaris unix.and that process is completely coded in C++.

What I want now is I wish to create a simple gui in java for running the process in background. I am complete new to the advanced concepts of java, and I am aware of some core java which I studied in my college days.

So,My question overe here how do I start creating a gui? What all do I need to create a simple gui using java? I am confident enough to learn gui programming in java as I am a c++ programmer.

Please give me some right directions to give some life to my thought and any some good materials available on the net would be helpful.

MadProgrammer · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-17 07:53:50Z

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I would start by looking at;

I'd also become familiar with ProcessBuilder (a simple example) and Basic IO

MarvinLabs also makes some great points as well

answered Oct 17, 2012 at 7:53

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:18:51Z

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The Google search you'll want to use is "java swing tutorial". Swing is Java's GUI library.

You can also have a look at: Java GUI frameworks. What to choose? Swing, SWT, AWT, SwingX, JGoodies, JavaFX, Apache Pivot?

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answered Oct 17, 2012 at 7:49

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JamesSwift · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-17 07:50:26Z

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You really just need a JFrame and a JPanel. The JFrame is the physical window that the gui lives in, while the JPanel is the content manager. You place JComponents (e.g. JLabel, JComboBox) into the JPanel.

Java Api: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/

Examples of using each component: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/index.html

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Thinhbk · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-17 08:17:43Z

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IMO, you may try using JavaFX 2.1 to develop your GUI in java. It has Scene builder tool to design your application, built-in support css-like skin.

Check the concurrency in Javafx 2.1 here.

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