WordApp Example - Part 1

• Create a new NetBeans module suite ("File->New Project...", category "NetBeans Modules"). A module suite is a collection of NetBeans modules.
  


• Call it "WordApp" and make it your new main project. The main project is started when the command "Run Project" is selected.
  


• Create a new NetBeans module ("File->New Project...", category "NetBeans Modules").
  


• Call it "WordEngine" and add it to your previously created module suite.
  


• Set the code name base to "at.ssw.wordengine".
  


• Create a new Window Component ("File->New File...", category "Module Development").
  


• Set the class name prefix to "Text" and the package to "at.ssw.wordengine".
  


• Now double click on the file "TextTopComponent.java" to open the design view of the window. Create a button and a text area. Select the text area and set the "Variable Name" property of it to "text". This is the name that allows you to access the component from your source code.
  


• Double click on the button such that an automatic event handling method is created. The method is called whenever the button is clicked. Change the body of the method to the following code.
  

      private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
         String s = text.getText();
         s = s.toUpperCase();
         text.setText(s);
      }
      



• Now you can build and run the application. It will start up a NetBeans instance with your module activated. Select "Window->Text" to open your window component.