Sunday, March 6, 2016

How to "Select All" or Highlight textfield or password field in Java

There are cases when you want to select all or highlight the characters inside a textfield or password field in your Java desktop app. Here's a sample code to do that: int i = textfield.getText().length(); textfield.setSelectionStart(0); textfield.setSelectionEnd(i); Put this in the action or wherever you want it. Replace...

How to change any date format to DATE datatype in MySQL (Insert or Update)

Use this function: STR_TO_DATE('date', 'format') This accepts two parameters: date and format where date is the input raw date you want to change and format is the corresponding format relative to date that you want to change. For example: INSERT INTO table(date_field) VALUES(STR_TO_DATE('December 8, 2010','%M %d,%Y')); Note:...

How to maximize frame or window in Java (JFrame)

There are multiple ways but I recommend these lines of code: GraphicsEnvironment e = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment(); Frame fr= new Frame(); fr.setMaximizedBounds(e.getMaximumWindowBounds()); fr.setExtendedState(main.getExtendedState() | JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH); fr.setVisible(true);  The...