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These vary in price, concepts, general features, visual feedback, and support for additional Forms features like factories and non-visual builders. <h2>Commercial Builders</h2> <a href="http://www.jformdesigner.com/">JFormDesigner</a> is an advanced visual designer that supports the FormLayout and other layout managers. It supports several Forms helper classes. Plug-ins for Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA are available, plug-ins for NetBeans, JDeveloper, and JBuilder are under development. <p> <a href="http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/gui_builder.html">Intellij IDEA</a> includes an advanced GUI designer that support the JGoodies FormLayout and other layout managers.<p> <p> <a href="http://www.jaxfront.com/">JAXFront</a> generates dynamic user interfaces based on an XML schema. <p> <a href="http://www.ratundtat.com/navigate.php?param1=358">JBeaver</a> supports the FormLayout and core layout managers. <p> The <a href="http://www.cloudgarden.com/jigloo/">Jigloo</a> GUI builder is a plugin for Eclipse and WebSphere Studio. It supports the FormLayout and other layout managers. Jigloo is free for non-commercial use, but commercial use requires purchasing a Professional License. <p> <a href="http://www.instantiations.com/windowbuilderpro/">WindowBuilder Pro</a> is an advanced visual designer for Swing and SWT that supports the FormLayout and the Forms helper classes, as well as a bunch of other layout managers for Swing and SWT. The WindowBuilder Pro comes as an Eclipse plugin. <h2>Free Builders</h2> <a href="https://abeille.dev.java.net">Abeille Forms Designer</a> is a GUI builder that supports the FormLayout. <p> <a href="http://formlayoutmaker.sourceforge.net/">Form Layout Maker</a> supports the FormLayout and generates XML files that contain all constraints. <p> Gerald B. Rosenberg's <a href="http://www.certiv.net/">JFormComposer</a> is still under development. <p> The <a href="http://mogwai.sourceforge.net/formmaker/formmaker.html">Mogwai FormMaker</a> is another visual form editing tool for developing Swing forms using the JGoodies FormLayout. </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ************ Ende des Inhalts ************************************** --> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" bgcolor="F4f3f3"> <div style="font-size: 10px; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 4px;"> (c) 2008 JGoodies </div> </td> <td width="1" bgcolor="E7E5E5"></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" bgcolor="E7E5E5"></td> <td></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>