Thanks Todd,
That solution works.
One diff is to pass a Dimension to setPreferredSize as it only would not
take the (int, int).
I'll post it for history.
from startup()
WTKXSerializer wtkxSerializer = new WTKXSerializer();
window = (Window) wtkxSerializer.readObject(this, "PivotTestApp.wtkx");
Dimensions preferredSize = window.getPreferredSize();
ApplicationContext.DisplayHost displayHost = display.getDisplayHost();
Dimension dim = new Dimension(preferredSize.width, preferredSize.height);
displayHost.setPreferredSize(dim);
java.awt.Frame hostFrame = (java.awt.Frame) displayHost.getParent();
hostFrame.pack();
window.open(display);
One thing I noticed is the frame still starts at it's default size (or
args override) briefly before the pack.
So I also used the args solution that Vicente provided earlier to start
the frame at a closer size.
Maybe knowing the pack size and applying it as args is the way I will go.
This is in the main()
args = new String[]{"--width=250", "--height=150", "--center=true"};
DesktopApplicationContext.main(PivotTestApp.class, args);
Thanks again everyone for your help,
Carl
Todd Volkert wrote:
> Well.... it's not documented and certainly not officially supported,
> but if you peek under the covers, you can do something like the following:
>
> Dimensions preferredSize = mainAppWindow.getPreferredSize();
> ApplicationContext.DisplayHost displayHost = display.getDisplayHost();
> displayHost.setPreferredSize(preferredSize.width, preferredSize.height);
> java.awt.Frame hostFrame = (java.awt.Frame)displayHost.getParent();
> hostFrame.pack();
>
> I haven't tried this, so I'm not 100% sure it'll work, but you can
> give it a shot :)
>
> -T
>
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Carl Marcum
> <carl.mar...@codebuilders.net <mailto:carl.mar...@codebuilders.net>>
> wrote:
>
> Is is possible to get a reference to the frame and pack it so you
> don't need the exact size?
>
> For instance in a Swing Application Framework based app, I may do
> this in the startup method:
>
> this.getApplication().getMainView().getFrame().pack();
>
> Thanks, Carl
>
>
>
> Todd Volkert wrote:
>> That'll work, but it'll always hard code the size and location of
>> the host frame. Alternatively, you can pass those arguments to
>> your application at the command line.
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Vicente de Rivera III
>> <thirdy.deriv...@gmail.com <mailto:thirdy.deriv...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I had that problem too before, here's my main method
>>
>> public static void main(String[] args) {
>> if (args.length > 0) {
>> noDb = true;
>> }
>> args = new String[]{"--width=800", "--height=650",
>> "--center=true"};
>> Locale.setDefault(new Locale("en", "PH"));
>> DesktopApplicationContext.main(Main.class, args);
>> }
>>
>> if you look at the code in DesktopApplicationContext, I'm
>> sure you see the arguments there
>>
>> -
>> thirdy
>>
>>
>
