Assembling JClient Forms Using the Visual Tools

The Create JClient Empty Form wizard lets you assemble a JClient form in the Java Visual Editor without the need to write additional Java code. The main() defined in the JClient Empty Form contains JClient code, known as bootstrap code, that:

Establishes a connection to business service instance, such as an Oracle ADF Business Components application module, that provides the data model for the form.
Creates an instance of a panel binding from the data model to provide data access to the databound Swing components

As the following procedure shows, the bootstrap code permits the empty JClient form to share its panel binding with an added JClient data panel.

Note: The Create JClient Form wizard helps you generate databound JClient forms to browse and edit ADF Business Components view objects that you select during the process of using the wizard. If you need to create a JClient form of your own design, the following procedure describes how to work with an empty form that is intially databound.

To create a databound JClient form entirely within the Java Visual Editor:

Create an Empty JClient Form using the Create JClient Empty Form wizard. This adds to your project a JClient frame that can share a panel binding.
Drop a JClient data panel onto the JClient Empty Form.