JFormDesigner™ README
Thank you for downloading JFormDesigner.
Introduction
JFormDesigner is an advanced GUI designer for Java™ Swing
user interfaces. Its outstanding support for MigLayout, JGoodies FormLayout, GroupLayout
(Free Design), TableLayout
and GridBagLayout makes it easy to create professional looking forms.
JFormDesigner is available in five editions: as stand-alone
application and as IDE plug-ins for Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA
and JDeveloper.
Changes
Changes since last release: read...
Home page and contact addresses
www.formdev.com
- FormDev Software GmbH
support@formdev.com
- Technical support
sales@formdev.com -
Sales inquiries
System Requirements
Oracle Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 6, 7 or 8. Latest
Java 8 is recommended.
- Eclipse plug-in: Eclipse 3.6 - 3.8, 4.0 -
4.7; other Eclipse based Java IDEs (running on Oracle JRE)
- NetBeans plug-in: NetBeans 7.2 - 8.2
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: IntelliJ IDEA 12.0
- 2017.2
- JDeveloper plug-in: JDeveloper 11g Release
2 (11.1.2) or 12c (12.1.x - 12.2.x)
Installation Instructions
Stand-alone
- Windows: Execute the installer and follow the
instructions. Administrator rights are not required. The
installer adds a menu item to the Windows Start menu.
- macOS: Open the downloaded disk image (.dmg) and
drag-and-drop the JFormDesigner application to your
Applications
folder.
- Other platforms: Extract the downloaded archive. Execute
JFormDesigner.sh
to start JFormDesigner.
Eclipse plug-in
The Eclipse plug-in is available in two different ZIPs.
Make sure to use the right one for the chosen installation method.
- JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse-site.zip is an Eclipse "Site
Archive",
which is used to install JFormDesigner using Eclipse Software Manager.
Do not extract this ZIP into the
Eclipse installation folder.
- JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse.zip is a simple ZIP archive,
which can
be extracted into the Eclipse installation or dropins folder.
Installation using Eclipse Software Manager
(JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse-site.zip)
- Start Eclipse.
- Open the install wizard (Menu: Help > Install New
Software)
- Click Add button to open the Add Repository
dialog.
- Click Archive button, select the site archive ZIP
file
(JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse-site.zip) and click OK to close the Add
Repository dialog.
- Check "JFormDesigner" in the list of available software
and click Next.
- Review the items to be installed and click Next.
- If requested, accept the license agreement and click Finish
to start the installation.
- Restart Eclipse.
Note: To download and install the latest stable version of
the Eclipse plug-in, it is recommended to use the update site http://download.formdev.com/jformdesigner/eclipse/
in the Eclipse Software Manager instead of downloading the site archive
ZIP file. Details
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Manual installation (JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse.zip)
- Quit Eclipse.
- Extract the ZIP file (JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse.zip) into a
folder in the Eclipse dropins folder:
<eclipse-install>/
dropins/
JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse/
features/
com.jformdesigner_x.x.x/...
plugins/
com.jformdesigner_x.x.x.jar
com.jformdesigner.doc_x.x.x.jar
com.jformdesigner.redist_x.x.x/...
- Start Eclipse.
NetBeans plug-in
- Start NetBeans.
- Open the Plugins dialog (Menu: Tools > Plugins)
- Select the Downloaded tab.
- Click Add Plugins button, select the NBM
file
(JFormDesigner-x.x-netbeans.nbm) and click OK to close the Add
Plugins dialog.
- Review the items to be installed and click Install.
- If requested, accept the license agreement and click Install
to start the installation.
- Close the Plugins dialog.
IntelliJ IDEA plug-in
Installation from disk using IntelliJ IDEA Plugin Manager
(requires IntelliJ IDEA 11 or later)
- Start IntelliJ IDEA.
- Open the plugin manager dialog (Menu: File > Settings
> Plugins)
- Click Install plugin from disk button to open the Choose
Plugin file dialog.
- Select the ZIP file and click OK to close the dialog.
- Click OK to close the Settings dialog.
- Restart IntelliJ IDEA.
Manual installation
- Quit IntelliJ IDEA.
- Extract the ZIP file (JFormDesigner-x.x-intellij-idea.zip) into
one of IntelliJ IDEA's plugins folders. Either into <user-home>/.IntelliJIdeaXX/config/plugins
or into <intellij-idea-install>/plugins:
<user-home>/.IntelliJIdeaXX/config/plugins/
or <intellij-idea-install>/plugins/
JFormDesigner/
help/...
lib/...
redist/...
README.html, LICENSE.html, ...
- Start IntelliJ IDEA.
Note: To download and install the latest stable version of
the IntelliJ IDEA plug-in, it is recommended to use the IntelliJ IDEA
plug-in manager (File > Settings > Plugins > Browse
repositories) instead of manually downloading and extracting the
ZIP file. Details
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JDeveloper plug-in
- Start JDeveloper.
- Open the Check for Updates dialog (Menu: Help > Check for
Updates)
- Select the Install From Local File checkbox.
- Use the Browse button to select the ZIP file.
- Click Next and Finish to start the installation.
- Restart JDeveloper.
Note: To download and install the latest stable version of
the JDeveloper plug-in, it is recommended to use the JDeveloper Check
for Updates Wizard (Help > Check for Updates) instead of
manually downloading and extracting the ZIP file. Details
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