/*
 * MyFrameApp.java
 */

package myframe;

import org.jdesktop.application.Application;
import org.jdesktop.application.SingleFrameApplication;

/**
 * The main class of the application.
 */
public class MyFrameApp extends SingleFrameApplication {

    /**
     * At startup create and show the main frame of the application.
     */
    @Override protected void startup() {
        show(new MyFrameView(this));
    }

    /**
     * This method is to initialize the specified window by injecting resources.
     * Windows shown in our application come fully initialized from the GUI
     * builder, so this additional configuration is not needed.
     */
    @Override protected void configureWindow(java.awt.Window root) {
    }

    /**
     * A convenient static getter for the application instance.
     * @return the instance of MyFrameApp
     */
    public static MyFrameApp getApplication() {
        return Application.getInstance(MyFrameApp.class);
    }

    /**
     * Main method launching the application.
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(MyFrameApp.class, args);
    }
}
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/*
 * MyFrameView.java
 */

package myframe;

import org.jdesktop.application.Action;
import org.jdesktop.application.ResourceMap;
import org.jdesktop.application.SingleFrameApplication;
import org.jdesktop.application.FrameView;
import org.jdesktop.application.TaskMonitor;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.Timer;
import javax.swing.Icon;
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

/**
 * The application's main frame.
 */
public class MyFrameView extends FrameView {

    public MyFrameView(SingleFrameApplication app) {
        super(app);

        initComponents();

        // status bar initialization - message timeout, idle icon and busy animation, etc
        ResourceMap resourceMap = getResourceMap();
        int messageTimeout = resourceMap.getInteger("StatusBar.messageTimeout");
        messageTimer = new Timer(messageTimeout, new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                statusMessageLabel.setText("");
            }
        });
        messageTimer.setRepeats(false);
        int busyAnimationRate = resourceMap.getInteger("StatusBar.busyAnimationRate");
        for (int i = 0; i < busyIcons.length; i++) {
            busyIcons[i] = resourceMap.getIcon("StatusBar.busyIcons[" + i + "]");
        }
        busyIconTimer = new Timer(busyAnimationRate, new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                busyIconIndex = (busyIconIndex + 1) % busyIcons.length;
                statusAnimationLabel.setIcon(busyIcons[busyIconIndex]);
            }
        });
        idleIcon = resourceMap.getIcon("StatusBar.idleIcon");
        statusAnimationLabel.setIcon(idleIcon);
        progressBar.setVisible(false);

        // connecting action tasks to status bar via TaskMonitor
        TaskMonitor taskMonitor = new TaskMonitor(getApplication().getContext());
        taskMonitor.addPropertyChangeListener(new java.beans.PropertyChangeListener() {
            public void propertyChange(java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent evt) {
                String propertyName = evt.getPropertyName();
                if ("started".equals(propertyName)) {
                    if (!busyIconTimer.isRunning()) {
                        statusAnimationLabel.setIcon(busyIcons[0]);
                        busyIconIndex = 0;
                        busyIconTimer.start();
                    }
                    progressBar.setVisible(true);
                    progressBar.setIndeterminate(true);
                } else if ("done".equals(propertyName)) {
                    busyIconTimer.stop();
                    statusAnimationLabel.setIcon(idleIcon);
                    progressBar.setVisible(false);
                    progressBar.setValue(0);
                } else if ("message".equals(propertyName)) {
                    String text = (String)(evt.getNewValue());
                    statusMessageLabel.setText((text == null) ? "" : text);
                    messageTimer.restart();
                } else if ("progress".equals(propertyName)) {
                    int value = (Integer)(evt.getNewValue());
                    progressBar.setVisible(true);
                    progressBar.setIndeterminate(false);
                    progressBar.setValue(value);
                }
            }
        });
    }

    @Action
    public void showAboutBox() {
        if (aboutBox == null) {
            JFrame mainFrame = MyFrameApp.getApplication().getMainFrame();
            aboutBox = new MyFrameAboutBox(mainFrame);
            aboutBox.setLocationRelativeTo(mainFrame);
        }
        MyFrameApp.getApplication().show(aboutBox);
    }

    /** This method is called from within the constructor to
     * initialize the form.
     * WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is
     * always regenerated by the Form Editor.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">//GEN-BEGIN:initComponents
    private void initComponents() {

        mainPanel = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        jTextField1 = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        jButton1 = new javax.swing.JButton();
        menuBar = new javax.swing.JMenuBar();
        javax.swing.JMenu fileMenu = new javax.swing.JMenu();
        javax.swing.JMenuItem exitMenuItem = new javax.swing.JMenuItem();
        javax.swing.JMenu helpMenu = new javax.swing.JMenu();
        javax.swing.JMenuItem aboutMenuItem = new javax.swing.JMenuItem();
        statusPanel = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        javax.swing.JSeparator statusPanelSeparator = new javax.swing.JSeparator();
        statusMessageLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        statusAnimationLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        progressBar = new javax.swing.JProgressBar();

        mainPanel.setName("mainPanel"); // NOI18N

        org.jdesktop.application.ResourceMap resourceMap = org.jdesktop.application.Application.getInstance(myframe.MyFrameApp.class).getContext().getResourceMap(MyFrameView.class);
        jTextField1.setText(resourceMap.getString("jTextField1.text")); // NOI18N
        jTextField1.setName("jTextField1"); // NOI18N

        jButton1.setText(resourceMap.getString("jButton1.text")); // NOI18N
        jButton1.setName("jButton1"); // NOI18N

        javax.swing.GroupLayout mainPanelLayout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(mainPanel);
        mainPanel.setLayout(mainPanelLayout);
        mainPanelLayout.setHorizontalGroup(
            mainPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(mainPanelLayout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addGroup(mainPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                    .addGroup(mainPanelLayout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addGap(69, 69, 69)
                        .addComponent(jButton1))
                    .addGroup(mainPanelLayout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addContainerGap()
                        .addComponent(jTextField1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 195, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)))
                .addContainerGap(193, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );
        mainPanelLayout.setVerticalGroup(
            mainPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(mainPanelLayout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addGap(14, 14, 14)
                .addComponent(jTextField1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 27, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
                .addComponent(jButton1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 29, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addContainerGap(169, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );

        menuBar.setName("menuBar"); // NOI18N

        fileMenu.setText(resourceMap.getString("fileMenu.text")); // NOI18N
        fileMenu.setName("fileMenu"); // NOI18N

        javax.swing.ActionMap actionMap = org.jdesktop.application.Application.getInstance(myframe.MyFrameApp.class).getContext().getActionMap(MyFrameView.class, this);
        exitMenuItem.setAction(actionMap.get("quit")); // NOI18N
        exitMenuItem.setName("exitMenuItem"); // NOI18N
        fileMenu.add(exitMenuItem);

        menuBar.add(fileMenu);

        helpMenu.setText(resourceMap.getString("helpMenu.text")); // NOI18N
        helpMenu.setName("helpMenu"); // NOI18N

        aboutMenuItem.setAction(actionMap.get("showAboutBox")); // NOI18N
        aboutMenuItem.setName("aboutMenuItem"); // NOI18N
        helpMenu.add(aboutMenuItem);

        menuBar.add(helpMenu);

        statusPanel.setName("statusPanel"); // NOI18N

        statusPanelSeparator.setName("statusPanelSeparator"); // NOI18N

        statusMessageLabel.setName("statusMessageLabel"); // NOI18N

        statusAnimationLabel.setHorizontalAlignment(javax.swing.SwingConstants.LEFT);
        statusAnimationLabel.setName("statusAnimationLabel"); // NOI18N

        progressBar.setName("progressBar"); // NOI18N

        javax.swing.GroupLayout statusPanelLayout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(statusPanel);
        statusPanel.setLayout(statusPanelLayout);
        statusPanelLayout.setHorizontalGroup(
            statusPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addComponent(statusPanelSeparator, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 400, Short.MAX_VALUE)
            .addGroup(statusPanelLayout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addComponent(statusMessageLabel)
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED, 225, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .addComponent(progressBar, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                .addComponent(statusAnimationLabel)
                .addContainerGap())
        );
        statusPanelLayout.setVerticalGroup(
            statusPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(statusPanelLayout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addComponent(statusPanelSeparator, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .addGroup(statusPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(statusMessageLabel)
                    .addComponent(statusAnimationLabel)
                    .addComponent(progressBar, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                .addGap(3, 3, 3))
        );

        setComponent(mainPanel);
        setMenuBar(menuBar);
        setStatusBar(statusPanel);
    }// </editor-fold>//GEN-END:initComponents

    // Variables declaration - do not modify//GEN-BEGIN:variables
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton1;
    private javax.swing.JTextField jTextField1;
    private javax.swing.JPanel mainPanel;
    private javax.swing.JMenuBar menuBar;
    private javax.swing.JProgressBar progressBar;
    private javax.swing.JLabel statusAnimationLabel;
    private javax.swing.JLabel statusMessageLabel;
    private javax.swing.JPanel statusPanel;
    // End of variables declaration//GEN-END:variables

    private final Timer messageTimer;
    private final Timer busyIconTimer;
    private final Icon idleIcon;
    private final Icon[] busyIcons = new Icon[15];
    private int busyIconIndex = 0;

    private JDialog aboutBox;
}
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/*
 * MyFrameAboutBox.java
 */

package myframe;

import org.jdesktop.application.Action;

public class MyFrameAboutBox extends javax.swing.JDialog {

    public MyFrameAboutBox(java.awt.Frame parent) {
        super(parent);
        initComponents();
        getRootPane().setDefaultButton(closeButton);
    }

    @Action public void closeAboutBox() {
        dispose();
    }

    /** This method is called from within the constructor to
     * initialize the form.
     * WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is
     * always regenerated by the Form Editor.
     */
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">//GEN-BEGIN:initComponents
    private void initComponents() {

        closeButton = new javax.swing.JButton();
        javax.swing.JLabel appTitleLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        javax.swing.JLabel versionLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        javax.swing.JLabel appVersionLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        javax.swing.JLabel vendorLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        javax.swing.JLabel appVendorLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        javax.swing.JLabel homepageLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        javax.swing.JLabel appHomepageLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        javax.swing.JLabel appDescLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        javax.swing.JLabel imageLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();

        setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
        org.jdesktop.application.ResourceMap resourceMap = org.jdesktop.application.Application.getInstance(myframe.MyFrameApp.class).getContext().getResourceMap(MyFrameAboutBox.class);
        setTitle(resourceMap.getString("title")); // NOI18N
        setModal(true);
        setName("aboutBox"); // NOI18N
        setResizable(false);

        javax.swing.ActionMap actionMap = org.jdesktop.application.Application.getInstance(myframe.MyFrameApp.class).getContext().getActionMap(MyFrameAboutBox.class, this);
        closeButton.setAction(actionMap.get("closeAboutBox")); // NOI18N
        closeButton.setName("closeButton"); // NOI18N

        appTitleLabel.setFont(appTitleLabel.getFont().deriveFont(appTitleLabel.getFont().getStyle() | java.awt.Font.BOLD, appTitleLabel.getFont().getSize()+4));
        appTitleLabel.setText(resourceMap.getString("Application.title")); // NOI18N
        appTitleLabel.setName("appTitleLabel"); // NOI18N

        versionLabel.setFont(versionLabel.getFont().deriveFont(versionLabel.getFont().getStyle() | java.awt.Font.BOLD));
        versionLabel.setText(resourceMap.getString("versionLabel.text")); // NOI18N
        versionLabel.setName("versionLabel"); // NOI18N

        appVersionLabel.setText(resourceMap.getString("Application.version")); // NOI18N
        appVersionLabel.setName("appVersionLabel"); // NOI18N

        vendorLabel.setFont(vendorLabel.getFont().deriveFont(vendorLabel.getFont().getStyle() | java.awt.Font.BOLD));
        vendorLabel.setText(resourceMap.getString("vendorLabel.text")); // NOI18N
        vendorLabel.setName("vendorLabel"); // NOI18N

        appVendorLabel.setText(resourceMap.getString("Application.vendor")); // NOI18N
        appVendorLabel.setName("appVendorLabel"); // NOI18N

        homepageLabel.setFont(homepageLabel.getFont().deriveFont(homepageLabel.getFont().getStyle() | java.awt.Font.BOLD));
        homepageLabel.setText(resourceMap.getString("homepageLabel.text")); // NOI18N
        homepageLabel.setName("homepageLabel"); // NOI18N

        appHomepageLabel.setText(resourceMap.getString("Application.homepage")); // NOI18N
        appHomepageLabel.setName("appHomepageLabel"); // NOI18N

        appDescLabel.setText(resourceMap.getString("appDescLabel.text")); // NOI18N
        appDescLabel.setName("appDescLabel"); // NOI18N

        imageLabel.setIcon(resourceMap.getIcon("imageLabel.icon")); // NOI18N
        imageLabel.setName("imageLabel"); // NOI18N

        javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
        getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
        layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addComponent(imageLabel)
                .addGap(18, 18, 18)
                .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING)
                    .addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING, layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                            .addComponent(versionLabel)
                            .addComponent(vendorLabel)
                            .addComponent(homepageLabel))
                        .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                        .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                            .addComponent(appVersionLabel)
                            .addComponent(appVendorLabel)
                            .addComponent(appHomepageLabel)))
                    .addComponent(appTitleLabel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                    .addComponent(appDescLabel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 266, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                    .addComponent(closeButton))
                .addContainerGap())
        );
        layout.setVerticalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addComponent(imageLabel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addComponent(appTitleLabel)
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                .addComponent(appDescLabel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(versionLabel)
                    .addComponent(appVersionLabel))
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(vendorLabel)
                    .addComponent(appVendorLabel))
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(homepageLabel)
                    .addComponent(appHomepageLabel))
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED, 19, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .addComponent(closeButton)
                .addContainerGap())
        );

        pack();
    }// </editor-fold>//GEN-END:initComponents
    
    // Variables declaration - do not modify//GEN-BEGIN:variables
    private javax.swing.JButton closeButton;
    // End of variables declaration//GEN-END:variables
    
}