Better Desktop Java Wiki
I enhanced several categories in the new BetterDesktopJava-Wiki on java.net. Among the entries are:
- Roxes Ant tasks, which provide several ANT tasks that can create native executables for Windows, MacOS and several Unixes, read and write registry keys, create shortcuts on Windows and KDE and much more.
- JNIWrapper your one-stop-solution to desktop integration on Windows. It makes writing JNI code for Win32 very easy. JNIWrapper ships with the WinPack library, which allows the programmer to
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- open native dialogs (color, file and folder chooser),
- create transparent, custom-shaped native windows,
- read and write the registry,
- access shell functionality (systray, shell folders, system colors and symbolic links),
- access system services and
- embed OLE components, such as Adobe Reader, Internet Explorer, Flash player and MS Office applications.
- Kai Toedter's JCalendar calendar beans
- IconExperience a repository of great looking, consistent, reasonably priced icons
I also learned about several new Swing components in the components category. Some of them look pretty decent.