[news.eclipse.technology.albireo] Re: Control.setParent() under Windows

[Gordon Hirsch <gordon.hirsch@xxxxxxx>]

Why do you need to reparent the shell at all? Couldn't you just resize 
the original Swing frame once the preferred size of the shell is known?

Magnus Konze wrote:
> Thank you very much!
> Yes my problem is a very special one. It would be great, if anyone has a 
> solution for that.
> But for now i'm generally interested in the reliability of setParent(). 
> If it isn't recommended even under Windows, i could cancel my current 
> approach.
>
> Magnus
>
> Tom Schindl schrieb:
> > If you don't get an answer here I can point you to the 
> > albeiro-newsgroup which deals with Swing/AWT-SWT integration problems 
> > and people might know more about the issues you can run into.
> >
> > I would also suggest that your message title could have been better by 
> > integrating Swing so people from this project skimming the newsgroups 
> > take a look at your question.
> >
> > I copied your request to this newsgroup.
> >
> > See http://www.eclipse.org/albireo/
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > Magnus Konze schrieb:
> > > Sorry for pushing this topic. Perhaps my question was to detailed.
> > > Basically i'm interested with experiences with setParent() under 
> > > Windows. So in short:
> > > Do i have to expect problems with setParent()? My application will 
> > > only run under Windows systems.
> > > Regards Magnus
> > >
> > >
> > > Magnus Konze schrieb:
> > > > Hi!
> > > > I'm using the SWT_AWT bridge to add SWT-Controls to Swing.
> > > > When using the bridge in this direction the Swing Window has to be 
> > > > visible, when adding SWT-Controls, otherwise you get a 'peer not 
> > > > created'-Exception.
> > > > So i have to call setVisible(), although i don't know the size of 
> > > > the SWT-Controls.
> > > > Here is my idea:
> > > > - create a new Shell with the Controls i want to add to the Swing 
> > > > Window
> > > > - compute the Shells size
> > > > - setSize() on the Swing Window
> > > > - setVisible() on the Swing Window
> > > > - create a new Shell on the Swing Window (SWT_AWT.new_Shell())
> > > > - set this Shell as the parent of my SWT Controls
> > > > - dispose first Shell
> > > >
> > > > The first Shell is never opened!
> > > >
> > > > I'm using Windows XP and it works fine. So my question is:
> > > > Do i have to expect problems on other systems (especially other 
> > > > Windows systems)? Are there other problems aside from that it's not 
> > > > possible to change the parent on all systems?
> > > >
> > > > Regards Magnus