Jim Clarke

You can run with disconnected webstart however, you would have to create your own version of the javafx() javascript function defined in http://dl.javafx.com/dtfx.js, along with any resources, to point to your local files.

If all you want to do is JavaFX programming it is not necessary to know any other technology. Though it is useful to know Java.

This is a bug, (JFXC-3979). You cannot override a public-init variable. I don't know when it will be fixed, but the work around is to initialize the variables in the object Literal for the sub-class.

MyKeyValue {
interpolate: Interpolater.EASE_BOTH
}

You only need to be connected if you are using Java Web Start, and even then it is only the first time you download the application. After that, Java WebStart caches all the necessary Jar files.

If you run as a standalone app, all you need is a JRE and the JavaFX SDK.

It's not possible to include CustomNode (abstract class) into a Mixin.

Check out our book, "JavaFX - Developing Rich Internet Applications". Also check out javafx.com for tutorials, docs, etc.

I am not sure exactly what you are trying to do, but perhaps Stack will help you.
By default, the nodes are centered.

Stack { content: [ Rectangle { width: 100 height: 100 fill: Color.BLUE }, Circle { radius: 50 fill: Color.RED } ] }

It's not a matter of not wanting to do it. It was a matter of time. Look for it in a future release.

That was my point, you can use Graphic, but the underlying border will still be shown.

The 2 options are: use CustomNode as I had shown, or use Button but write your own Skin.

Each Control has a

skin

variable and a Skin implements

javafx.scene.control.Skin

. Each skin
in turn has a

behavior

variable,

javafx.scene.control.Behavior

.

So you could write you own skin.
Then, create the Button as:

Button { skin: MyButtonSkin{} graphic: ImageView{..} }

Both options would be about the same amount of work, but the skin option
is a better design option.

All you need to do is create a JNLP file, then modify the HTML page to add in some JavaScript to invoke the application. Lastly, deploy.
There are no code changes that are required.

Optionally, if you want the Applet to be able to be dragged off the browser, then you need to
add the AppletStageExtension to your stage.

The Button control has a skin based on what is called the Caspian theme. To remove the boundaries you could write your own skin, but that would probably be more work that what you are already doing.

First, you might want to look at the javafx.scene.control.Button class, however if you want to make the same view that you saw on the iPhone, something like this might work for you. You could also replace Text in the example with javafx.scene.control.Label. Label will confine the text to a maximum width to stay within the overall bounds of the button.

import javafx.scene.CustomNode; import javafx.scene.Node; import javafx.scene.layout.Stack; import javafx.scene.image.ImageView; import javafx.scene.layout.Resizable; import javafx.scene.image.Image; import javafx.scene.text.Text; import javafx.scene.paint.Color; import javafx.geometry.HPos; import javafx.geometry.VPos; import javafx.stage.Stage; import javafx.scene.Scene; class MyButton extends CustomNode, Resizable { public var image:Image; public override function getPrefWidth(w: Number) : Number { 100.0; // or replace with something more meaningful } public override function getPrefHeight(h: Number) : Number { 50.0; // or replace with something more meaningful } public override function create(): Node { return Stack { nodeHPos: HPos.CENTER // this is default anyway nodeVPos: VPos.CENTER // this is default anyway content: [ ImageView { fitWidth: bind width fitHeight: bind height preserveRatio: true image: bind image } Text { fill: Color.WHITE content: "New Game" } ] }; } } function run() { var myImage = Image { url: "{__DIR__}BakuretsuTenshi.jpg" } Stage { title : "MyApp" scene: Scene { width: 200 height: 200 content: [ MyButton { image: myImage width: 100 height: 100 onMouseClicked: function(e) { println("clicked"); } } ] } } }

Darn, I guess I will have to stop tearing it off from my OpenSolaris laptop

The tear off feature is supported in JDK 1.6 update 10+.
The only platform that did not support this was Apple, however,
this past Monday, Apple released an new version of Java that is JDK 1.6 update 13 compatible,
so the tear off should work on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris.

I doubt that we will cover JFXtras separately. However, I am an active contributor to the JFXtras project.

We did not cover mobile specifically in this edition, but plan a Chapter to cover mobile and another for TV in the next edition.
The good news, is the exact same code that you use for Desktop can also be used on mobile, but stick with the common profile classes.

You can run the JavaFX application in an emulator with NetBeans for JavaFX on Windows.