Creating and Disposing of a Form's Runtime Frame

To make your form work, you have to provide a runtime frame for it. The main() method for GUI forms takes care of creation and disposal of such frame.

To create a main() method for a form

Open for editing the bound class of a form where you want to create the main() method.
Press ⌘N, ⌃⏎, ⌘N or ⌃⏎⌃N, ⌃⏎, ⌃N or ⌃⏎⌘N, ⌃⏎, ⌘N or ⌃⏎^ N, ⌥ Insert, ⌃N or ⌃N⌥ Insert.

On the pop-up menu, click Form main(). The following method is added to the source code:

public static void main(String[] args) {
rame = new JFrame("<class name>");
tContentPane(new <class name>().contentPane);
tDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
ck();
tVisible(true);

Creating and Disposing of a Form's Runtime Frame

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