We work on J2EE project based on NetBeans platform and we solve typical tasks. My first problem was execution of long running tasks.
Here is a solution:
private void jbExecuteActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) { // start thread RequestProcessor.getDefault().post(new Runnable() { public void run() { ProgressHandle progress = ProgressHandleFactory.createHandle("Loading data..."); progress.start(10); try { for (int i = 1; i < 10; i++) { try { Thread.sleep(2000); } catch (InterruptedException ex) { } progress.progress(i); } } finally { progress.finish(); } } }); }
The trick is in RequestProcessor.getDefault().post(new Runnable(){...}).
Inside new Runnable(){...} you may optionally use NetBeans Progress API