I have an application that has two different login windows for two different types of users of application, say one is client and the other is administrator , now i want to have an option on both the Login windows to set the default opening window, something like a checkbox having label as set this is as your default Login window ..
How can i achieve this??
May i use a .properties file to set the default window? (and How?)
Or, a Main.java class which loads first and decides the default GUI window to load first??
I preferred the 2nd way...but your views are welcomed, also please provide some example codes to accomplish this task.
add a JCheckbox on both login windows. When the user logs in succesfully, look up the value of the checkboxes, set a preference using:
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CLIENT, ADMIN;
}
...
Preferences prefs = Preferences.userNodeForPackage(this);
if (client.getSetAsDefaultCheckbox().getValue())
prefs.put("PREF_WIND",LoginWindow.CLIENT.name());
else if (admin.getSetAsDefaultCheckbox().getValue())
prefs.put("PREF_WIND",LoginWindow.ADMIN.name());
When you load your application:
Preferences prefs = Preferences.userNodeForPackage(this);
String prefWindow = prefs.get("PREF_WIND",null);
if (prefWindow!=null) {
LoginWindow loginWindow = LoginWindow.valueOf(prefWindow);
switch(loginWindow) {
case ADMIN:
// switch to admin
break;
case CLIENT:
// switch to client
break;
}
} else
// Default