Shed shadows into the light!
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Let’s shed light into the shadows of how to implement shadows in the light of the ILOG JViews Graphic Framework. Some graphic objects have built-in shadows, for instance IlvShadowRectangle and IlvShadowLabel. Shadows can also be implemented by creating symbols in…

Text occurs in every diagramming application, for instance as labels on nodes and links. In JViews, you have the choice between IlvZoomableLabel and IlvText; IlvZoomableLabel is more a text picture that allows fancy gradient paints inside the glyphs while the…