[WDSCI-L] com.ibm.etools.iseries.ui.JFormattedTextField and Visual Editor (VE)

[dclowe@xxxxxxxxxx]

Hi,

Has anyone ever used the JFormattedTextField to restrict data entry in 
JTextField so that it fits nicely into iSeries DB2 files?  I have my own 
custom JTextField developed which is similar but it is not as nice as this 
one from IBM.  It's part of the com.ibm.etools.iseries.ui package which 
can be found in iseriesut.jar in your WDSC directory (search will help you 
locate it).

The issue is regarding using the JFormattedTextField class is that when I 
drop these fields in using VE and try to change the properties of the 
field length, type, decimals, etc. I encounter uncaught exceptions (namely 
PropertyVetoException) .  I know that I can hand code the try / catch 
block to handle this but this is a pain considering I'm trying to save 
time by using the VE.  Can this be done automatically or something?

Also, if I try changing the type to numeric in the properties box but the 
method that is generated inserts "???" instead of 
"DataAttributes.DATATYPE_NUMERIC" (i.e. dataAttributes3.setDataType(???) )

Manually coded it seems like a real nice bean that I would like to use, 
especially considering there is table cell editor versions of it and a few 
other variations.  Can anyone tell me why this happens?  You should know 
that I am dropping the beans using the "Choose Bean" feature in the VE 
Palette.

Thanks,
Dean