Setting look and feel of a component

[Yohan Weerasinghe]

Hi,

Please have a look at the following code. It is a simple media player

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.media.*;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URL;
import java.io.File;


public class SimpleAudioPlayer2 extends JFrame
{
    private Player player;
    private JFileChooser chooser;
    private JButton browse,play,stop;
    private JPanel panel1, panel2;
    private FlowLayout flow1, flow2;
    private URL url[];
    private URI uri[];
    private File selectedFiles[];
    
    public SimpleAudioPlayer2()
    {
        //Intializing instance Vriable
        
        browse = new JButton("Browse");
        browse.addActionListener(new ChooserAction());
        play = new JButton("Play");
        play.addActionListener(new PlayAction());
        stop = new JButton("Stop");
        
        flow1 = new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT);
        flow2 = new FlowLayout();
        
        
        //Creating the main window
        
        panel1 = new JPanel();
        panel1.setLayout(flow1);
        panel1.add(browse);
        
        panel2 = new JPanel();
        panel2.setLayout(flow2);
       
      
        
        getContentPane().add(panel1,"Center");
        getContentPane().add(panel2,"South");
    }
    
    private class ChooserAction implements ActionListener
    {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
        {
            chooser = new JFileChooser();
            chooser.setDragEnabled(true);
            chooser.setMultiSelectionEnabled(true);
            
            int returnValue = chooser.showOpenDialog(new SimpleAudioPlayer2());
            
            if(returnValue == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION)
            {
                File selectedFiles[] = chooser.getSelectedFiles();
                
                uri = new URI[selectedFiles.length];
                url = new URL[uri.length];
                
                for(int i=0;i<selectedFiles.length;i++)
                {
                    uri[i] = selectedFiles[i].toURI();
                    
                    try
                    {
                    url[i] = uri[i].toURL();
                    }
                    catch(Exception e)
                    {
                        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Error Reading the Location: "+e);
                    }
                }
                
                try
            {
                player = Manager.createRealizedPlayer(url[0]);
                panel2.add(player.getControlPanelComponent());
            }
            catch(Exception e)
            {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            }
            
        }
    }
    
    private class PlayAction implements ActionListener
    {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
        {
            try
            {
                Component c = null;
                player = Manager.createRealizedPlayer(url[0]);
                c = player.getControlPanelComponent();
                c.setSize(100,10);
               
                
                panel2.add(player.getControlPanelComponent());
            }
            catch(Exception e)
            {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }
    
    public static void main(String[]args)
    {
        try
        {
            UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            
        }
        SimpleAudioPlayer2 s= new SimpleAudioPlayer2();
        s.setVisible(true);
        s.setSize(200,200);
        s.validate();
        s.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    }
    
    
    
    
    
    
}

In that code, from line number 103 to 105, I am adding the default media controller interface provided by java to handle media. That is a type of Component. Unfortunatly, this component is in JAVA LOOK AND FEEL. This is a test application and my whole application will be based on SYSTEM LOOK AND FEEL(Windows). Please let me know how to change the component's java look and feel to system look and feel. Thanks>

[Rob Spoor]

JMF doesn't create Swing components but native AWT components. That means that the look&feel does not apply to them. There is absolutely nothing you can do about this, except maybe find a different media library.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Try the Java Tutorials.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Oh, I didn’t realise we are not using Swing.

[Yohan Weerasinghe]

Thanks for both of your replies. I appreciate it a lot

[Yohan Weerasinghe]

Rob Spoor wrote:JMF doesn't create Swing components but native AWT components. That means that the look&feel does not apply to them. There is absolutely nothing you can do about this, except maybe find a different media library.

Thanks for the reply. I appreciate it a lot.

Different library? Like FMJ, JVLC, VLCJ ? VERY HARD to find tutorials isn't it?

[Rob Spoor]

To be honest, I've never tried anything other than JMF so I couldn't recommend another one.

[Yohan Weerasinghe]

Rob Spoor wrote:To be honest, I've never tried anything other than JMF so I couldn't recommend another one.

OK. Thanks for the reply. I will do some research on other libraries and will let you all know if I got good results

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