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JFormDesigner 4.0
To use the downloaded software, you need a valid license key.
You can either get a free evaluation license key
or buy a license.
Customer information: JFormDesigner 4.0 is free of charge for existing customers
if the "Free updates until" date of the license key is 2008-06-01 or later.
Upgrades are available here.
Note: JFormDesigner 4.0 requires a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.2 or later to run.
JRE 5.0 Update 10 or later is recommended.
Tools
System Requirements
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.2 or later (5.0 Update 10 or later is recommended).
500 MHz CPU
256 MB RAM
10 MB disk space without JRE
42 MB disk space with JRE 1.4.2
62 MB disk space with JRE 5.0
73 MB disk space with JRE 6.0
Eclipse plug-in: Eclipse 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
or 3.5; Eclipse based Java IDE (e.g. JBuilder 2007+ or IBM RAD running
on Sun JRE); Mac OS X: Java
SE 5.0 Release 5 (1.5.0_07) or later required, Eclipse 3.3 and
3.3.1 are not supported on Mac OS X because of Eclipse
Bug 199020; Linux: Java 5 or later required
IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: IntelliJ IDEA 5.0,
5.1, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 8.1 or 9.0
JBuilder plug-in: JBuilder 2005 or 2006 (for
JBuilder 2007+ use the Eclipse plug-in)
Installation Instructions
Stand-alone
- Windows: Execute the installer and follow the
instructions. Administrator rights are only required on Vista. The
installer adds a menu item to the Windows Start menu.
- Mac OS X: Extract
the downloaded archive and double-click the
JFormDesigner application to start it.
- Other platforms: Extract
the downloaded archive and execute JFormDesigner.sh to start
JFormDesigner.
Eclipse plug-in
The Eclipse plug-in is available in two different ZIPs.
Make sure to use the right one for the chosen installation method.
- JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse-site.zip is an Eclipse "Site
Archive",
which is used to install JFormDesigner using Eclipse Software Manager.
Do not extract this ZIP into the
Eclipse installation folder.
- JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse.zip is a simple ZIP archive,
which can
be extracted into the Eclipse installation folder (or the Eclipse 3.4+
dropins folder).
There are three ways to install the Eclipse plug-in:
a) Installation using Eclipse Software Manager from Update Site (no ZIP)
Eclipse 3.5
- Start Eclipse.
- Open the install wizard (Menu: Help > Install New Software)
- Click Add button, enter "JFormDesigner Update Site" into the name field,
enter http://www.formdev.com/download/eclipse/ into the location field
and click OK to close the dialog.
- Check "JFormDesigner" in the list of available software
and click Next.
- Review the items to be installed and click Next.
- If requested, accept the license agreement and click Finish
to start the download and installation.
- Restart Eclipse.
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Eclipse 3.4
- Start Eclipse.
- Open the update manager (Menu: Help > Software Updates)
- Select the Available Software tab.
- Click Add Site button, enter http://www.formdev.com/download/eclipse/
into the location field and click OK to close the dialog.
- Select the added site in the list of available software and click
the Install button to start the installation.
- Check "JFormDesigner" in the Install dialog and continue
with Next or Finish.
- If requested, accept the license agreement and continue.
- Restart Eclipse
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Eclipse 3.1 - 3.3
- Start Eclipse.
- Open the update manager (Menu: Help > Software Updates > Find and Install)
- Select the Search for new features to install radio button and click Next.
- Click New Remote Site and enter "JFormDesigner Update Site" into the name field and
http://www.formdev.com/download/eclipse/ into the url field.
- Click Finish to start the search.
- Check "JFormDesigner" in the search result list and continue with Next.
- Accept the license agreement and continue as usual.
- Restart Eclipse
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b) Installation using Eclipse Software Update Manager
(JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse-site.zip)
Eclipse 3.5
- Download JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse-site.zip
- Start Eclipse.
- Open the install wizard (Menu: Help > Install New Software)
- Click Add button to open the Add Site dialog.
- Click Archive button, select the site archive ZIP file
(JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse-site.zip) and click OK to close the Add
Site dialog.
- Check "JFormDesigner" in the list of available software
and click Next.
- Review the items to be installed and click Next.
- If requested, accept the license agreement and click Finish
to start the installation.
- Restart Eclipse.
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Eclipse 3.4
- Download JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse-site.zip
- Start Eclipse.
- Open the update manager (Menu: Help > Software Updates)
- Select the Available Software tab.
- Click Add Site button.
- Click Archive button, select the site archive ZIP file
(JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse-site.zip) and click OK to close the Add
Site dialog.
- Select the added ZIP in the list of available software and click
the Install button to start the installation.
- Check "JFormDesigner" in the Install dialog and continue
with Next or Finish.
- If requested, accept the license agreement and continue.
- Restart Eclipse.
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Eclipse 3.1 - 3.3
- Download JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse-site.zip
- Start Eclipse.
- Open the update manager (Menu: Help > Software Updates >
Find and Install)
- Select the Search for new features to install radio button and
click Next.
- Click New Archived Site button and select the site archive ZIP
file
(JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse-site.zip).
- Click Finish to start the search.
- Check "JFormDesigner" in the search result list and continue
with Next.
- Accept the license agreement and continue as usual.
- Restart Eclipse.
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c) Manual installation (JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse.zip)
- Download JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse.zip
- Quit Eclipse.
- Extract the ZIP file (JFormDesigner-x.x-eclipse.zip) into the
Eclipse installation folder (or the Eclipse 3.4+ dropins folder):
<eclipse-install>/ or
<eclipse-install>/dropins/ (Eclipse 3.4+ only)
features/
com.jformdesigner_x.x.x/...
plugins/
com.jformdesigner_x.x.x.jar
com.jformdesigner.doc_x.x.x.jar
com.jformdesigner.redist_x.x.x/...
- Start Eclipse.
IntelliJ IDEA plug-in
There are two ways to install the IntelliJ IDEA plug-in:
a) Installation using IntelliJ IDEA Plugin Manager
- Start IntelliJ IDEA.
- Open the plugin manager dialog (Menu: File > Settings > Plugins)
- Select the Available tab.
- Right-click on "JFormDesigner" in the list of available plugins and
select Download and Install in the popup menu.
- Restart IntelliJ IDEA
b) Manual installation
- Download JFormDesigner-x.x-intellij-idea.zip
- Quit IntelliJ IDEA.
- Extract the ZIP file (JFormDesigner-x.x-intellij-idea.zip) into
one of IntelliJ IDEA's plugins folders. Either into <user-home>/.IntelliJIdeaXX/config/plugins
or into <intellij-idea-install>/plugins:
<user-home>/.IntelliJIdeaXX/config/plugins/
or <intellij-idea-install>/plugins/
JFormDesigner/
help/...
lib/...
redist/...
README.html, LICENSE.html, ...
- Start IntelliJ IDEA.
JBuilder 2005/2006 plug-in
- Download JFormDesigner-x.x-jbuilder.zip
- Quit JBuilder.
- Extract the ZIP file (JFormDesigner-x.x-jbuilder.zip) into the
JBuilder <jbuilder-install>/lib/ext folder:
<jbuilder-install>/lib/ext/
JFormDesigner-JBuilder.jar
JFormDesigner/
README.html, LICENSE.html, redist/, ...
- Start JBuilder
Layout Managers
JFormDesigner supports various 3rd party layout managers.
The JFormDesigner package contains the JARs and sources of those layout managers,
but not their documentation and tutorials. Please download the full layout manager packages here:
Eclipse
(3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 or 3.5)
Read More »
IntelliJ IDEA
(5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 8.1 or 9.0)
Read More »
JBuilder
(2005 or 2006)
Read More »
Windows Setup 
Mac OS X 10.4 Universal Binary (requires Java 5.0 or later)
Linux and other platforms 
Printable documentation (PDF) or zip