J-Link + Swing GUI

Ok Finally got it.

It is possible to call an PROE action from a swing GUI. Use the following code to test it.

Conclusion:

JFrame doesnt work in Synchronous J-Link application

JDialog works in Synchronous application by seeting the flag "setModal(true);"

/*
 07-Feb-00 I-03-26 JCN $$1 Renamed and upgraded.
 30-Jan-03 J-03-41 JCN $$2 Install test adds menu button.
 */
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import com.ptc.cipjava.jxthrowable;
import com.ptc.pfc.pfcCommand.DefaultUICommandActionListener;
import com.ptc.pfc.pfcCommand.UICommand;
import com.ptc.pfc.pfcGlobal.pfcGlobal;
import com.ptc.pfc.pfcModel.Model;
import com.ptc.pfc.pfcSession.Session;
/**
 * This class is used to start the jlink application in proe. The name of the
 * class has to appear in the protk.dat under the java_app_class option.
 **/
public class JlinkSwingTest {
 // =========================================================================
 /**
 * This method is called by proe upon starting a jlink application This
 * method gets the current session from the pfcGlobal(environment) Then it
 * calls the install test with the session as the argument.
 **/
 public static void start() {
 printMsg("Started");
 try {
 Session curSession = pfcGlobal.GetProESession();
 UICommand cmd = curSession.UICreateCommand("MyFirstApp",
 new MenuButtonListener());
 curSession.UIAddButton(cmd, "File", null, "MyButton", "HelpTag",
 "msg_JlinkSwingTest.txt");
 }
 catch (jxthrowable x) {
 printMsg("something wrong: " + x);
 x.printStackTrace();
 System.out.println("------------------------------------");
 }
 }
 // =========================================================================
 /**
 * This method is used for cleanup and etc... Called when the jlink
 * application exits
 */
 public static void stop() {
 printMsg("Stop");
 }
 // =========================================================================
 /**
 * This method prints a string to the standard output.
 */
 public static void printMsg(String msg) {
 System.out.println("JLINK-Testing: " + msg);
 }
}
/**
 * @author XXXXXX
 *
 */
class MenuButtonListener extends DefaultUICommandActionListener {
 public void OnCommand() {
 try {
 JDialog f = new JDialog();
 JButton jb = new JButton("Testing1");
 jb.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
 try {
 Session curSession = pfcGlobal.GetProESession();
 Model tryModel = curSession.CreatePart("Testing1");
 tryModel.Display();
 } catch (jxthrowable x) {
 x.printStackTrace();
 System.out
 .println("------------------------------------");
 }
 }
 });
 f.add(jb);
 f.pack();
 f.setModal(true);
 f.setVisible(true);
 } catch (Exception x) {
 x.printStackTrace();
 System.out.println("------------------------------------");
 }
 }
}