Multiple questions

[J. Floyd]

Hello. My professor directed me here to see if I could get some questions answered. I need help with Java and the program I am working on.

My program is made up of multiple classes, but some share the same panels. Is there a way I can put the panel in its own class and then call that panel to the other classes that use it?
I tried creating a class with all the variables and then making a method that returns the JPanel, however the compiler won't allow it. Are there any suggestions?

Is it possible to write to an Excel file with JDBC/OBDC? I figured out how to read from an Excel sheet, but I do not know how to make it write.

Once everything is saved to said Excel sheet, am I able to search through the values to look for a specific value? There is a section where I need to be able to search through the data and return what I'm asking for. This is one of the most crucial features to the program.

Finally, when I save the entire thing as an executable jar file, the images are not include. How do I get it to display the image?
This is the code I currently have:

	jlbImage = new JLabel(new ImageIcon("images/ImageName.png"));
		imgPanel.add(jlbImage, BorderLayout.CENTER);

but the image is not displayed when I turn it into a .jar file. It does show when I use Eclipse, however.

Thank you very much.

[J. Floyd]

The code for my first question is this:

  	public static JPanel getAddressPanel(){
		return entryPanel;
	}  

where the entryPanel and all of its variables are declared and instantiated above in the class and constructor.

[S. Nitesh]

Is it possible to write to an Excel file with JDBC/OBDC? I figured out how to read from an Excel sheet, but I do not know how to make it write.

I don't know about the other questions but for creating xls you can use the poi (api for microsoft docs.) by apache.
You can refer this link for more details
http://poi.apache.org/spreadsheet/index.html

and please use meaningful subject line.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Nitesh Sakargayan wrote: . . . and please use meaningful subject line.

Thank you for noticing.

[Rob Spoor]

J. Floyd wrote:Finally, when I save the entire thing as an executable jar file, the images are not include. How do I get it to display the image?
This is the code I currently have:

	jlbImage = new JLabel(new ImageIcon("images/ImageName.png"));
		imgPanel.add(jlbImage, BorderLayout.CENTER);

but the image is not displayed when I turn it into a .jar file. It does show when I use Eclipse, however.

Check out Class.getResource(). This returns a URL that you can use in the ImageIcon constructor.

[J. Floyd]

Thank you.

Sorry for the uninformative subject line, I just didn't know what to call it since there were several different topics.

I'm trying to not use any copyrighted work because I plan on protecting this program once I finish. I don't know if I'd be allowed to do so if I used JExcel or the POI. I am trying to learn XML so I can save everything as an xml and then have Excel read it.

The Class.getResource is not working. I keep getting a message saying that I cannot make a static reference to a non static method getResource(String) from the type Class.
I've tried to make a url as well, but there is something that I'm missing.

 URL url;
		url.getResource("images/Lookup.png");   

[Campbell Ritchie]

You would have to read the terms and conditions of use of POI to see whether you can incorporate it in your own product. It might be laborious and error-prone to write your own when there is a well-tested product already available, however.

[Rob Spoor]

J. Floyd wrote:The Class.getResource is not working. I keep getting a message saying that I cannot make a static reference to a non static method getResource(String) from the type Class.

When I said Class.getResource, that was a hint to go to the Javadoc of java.lang.Class and lookup method getResource.

[David Newton]

POI is under the ASL; it can be used in commercial products.

You do *not* want to duplicate this work, believe me.