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1. If you have not already done so, create a Java Project (File -> New -> Java Project). TODO: Add naming guidelines.
2. Add the GFW and SwingUtil to your Eclipse project buildpath. You can do this either by including the GUIFramework project from and SwingUtil projects to your workspace, and then Importing them into your new project, or by including their jar files from the production distribution location. E.g. GUIFramework.jar from its production location is in /usr/local/lcls/physics/GUIFramework/jar/GUIFramework.jar.
3. Instantiate the custom components. For instance, if you have not yet created the main class, now you would do so. Note, that this class is likely to be in a different package to the User Interface package if you are separating UI components from application code.
4. Create a BasicFrame or a ModelFrame instance of the GFW, e.g

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   final BasicFrame myFrame = new BasicFrame("My Frame");

   or

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   final ModelFrame myFrame = new ModelFrame("My Model Frame");

5. Add custom components to various areas of the GFW frame, such as
   • Title Bar

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     myFrame.addToTitleBar(myComponent);

   • Tab 1

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     myFrame.addTopTab1(myComponent);

   • Tab 2

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     myFrame.addTopTab2(myComponent);

   • New Tab

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     myFrame.addTopTab(myComponent, "My Label");

   • Bottom ScrollPane

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     myFrame.addToBottomScrollPane(myComponent);

6. Set application version

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   BasicFrame myFrame = ...; // see above JLabel appVersionLabel = myFrame.getBasicPanel().getStatusPanel().getAppVersionLabel(); appVersionLabel.setText("my version"); //run in the GUI thread, of before displaying the frame

7. #Add event listeners to the appropriate widgets
8. Display the GFW frame

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   SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { myFrame.setVisible(true); } });

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