Hi all
Thankyou all for your answers to this..
I have implemented this now using the findandinit method.. I will
experiment with the other methods to see which one is best suited..
Thanks again all, your help is appreciated
Regards
Mark
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From: Don Dietrick [mailto:dietrick_at_bbn.com]
Sent: 13 December 2006 15:58
To: Gatrell, Mark (SELEX) (UK); openmap-users questions
Subject: Re: [OpenMap Users] Adding Buttons to GUI
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You can also have your layer implement the com.bbn.openmap.gui.Tool
interface, and if the ToolPanel is added to the application, the
ToolPanel will take care of it. The Tool.getFace() method would return
the components you want to add to the ToolPanel.
- Don
On Dec 12, 2006, at 12:58 PM, oland wrote:
>
> Find the ToolPanel in the bean context and then just add the
> OMToolComponents
> to the tool panel
>
> Here is how you find the frame OM is sitting in
>
> MapHandler mh = (MapHandler) getBeanContext();
> Frame frame = null;
> if (mh != null) {
> frame = (Frame) mh.get(java.awt.Frame.class);
> }
>
> You can find the ToolPanel in a simmilar way.
>
> regards
> /carsten
>
>
> Gatrell, Mark (SELEX) (UK) wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I would like to add some OMToolComponent control buttons alongside
>> the
>> existing buttons on the main map gui.
>>
>> I have added them by modifying the properties file
>> (openmap.components =
>> existing plus myNewButton..extended OMToolComponent).
>>
>> I would like to programaticaly add these tool components from my
>> extended OMGraphicsHandlerLayer class , but do not know how to add
>> them
>> to the tool bar once I have instatiated the class within my layer.
>>
>> I would be gratefull if someone could explain how I do this.. I
>> could
>> then change the icons etc on the fly using logic from my layer
>> class..
>>
>> thankyou in advance
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Mark
>>
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