Hello,

The Swing Suite 1.8.0 final is now available for download at:
http://www.jgoodies.com/downloads/products.html

Find details about the 1.8 final in the 1.8 RC announcement:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/JGoodies/message/20

There are a few differences between the 1.8 RC and the final:
it ships the Looks 2.1.3, fixes a bug in Skeleton Pro 1.9.1 RC,
and JDiskReport/JPathReport have a main window that works
a bit better on Windows Vista. The UIF 1.8 final contains
a ResourceMap implementation that supports variable expansion.
And all tools and demos that are built on top of the UIF
use this new variable expansion.


MIGRATION
I recommend to study the Swing Suite Release Notes, the
UIF Release Notes, and the Skeleton Pro application, which
is the reference demo for the Swing Suite 1.8. Have a look
at the Skeleton Pro application properties file, which
contains Action descriptions, resources, resource paths,
and demonstrates the new variable expansion.


SUPPORT FOR JAVA 1.4
I'd like to know how many customers still need support
for Java 1.4, so I can better balance my efforts between
older and newer Java versions. I should appreciate if those
who need the UIF and UIF Extras for Java 1.4 send me an
email to karsten@... where you shortly describe
your path to Java 5.


I hope the Swing Suite helps you work with Swing,
and I look forward to an exciting year for the
JGoodies libraries, tools and demos.

Best regards,
Karsten Lentzsch