>Hrm... I'm not sure how I would split that up into sub panels.
I see MANY ways to split it into sub-panels.
"Program type code" can be one.
you can group some of the items on the right into a subpanl
you can group some of the items on the left into a subpanel
Diagnosis or nature of illness can be a subpanl.
Basically, just group together items that are similar or related. Figure out what layout works for that set of components and set the panel containing those to that layout. You can also create borders around each separate panel (I'm partial to EtchedBorders) - this gives it a nice finished look (IMHO)
As an example, take a look at a screenshot of one of my apps:
http://www.filenabber.com/screenshots/nator/main There are 4 panels on that page - 3 sub-panels (email, monitoring, and connection log) and one main panel holding the 3 sub-panels. Each sub-panel may have a diferent layout to make that panel look right. Then, the main parent panel can have another. By doing it this way, you pare down your gui into somthing more manageable and you just worry about each sub-panl looking right and when you add them all to the main panel, things SHOULD be OK.
If I were you, I would not put all of those components on-screen at one. I'd come up with another way to present all of the fields - maybe use a cardlayout, or a wizard or something. That's just me though. if you look at the Nator screenshots (
http://www.filenabber.com/screenshots/nator ) I had a number of components and I could have put them all in one panel and shown them all at once, but I think that would have looked cluttered. I chose to separate them into a couple different groups and use a cardlayout. Just something to think about.
brian
http://www.filenabber.com [ November 24, 2003: Message edited by: Brian Pipa ]