Integrating Java Look And Feel into Application in netbeans

Question

I'm devloping a java program using netbeans

I added a look and feel to GUI application which is Synthetica AluOxide Look and Feel from this website : http://www.javasoft.de/synthetica/themes/ .

I added the Synthetica.jar and syntheticaAluOxide.jar using Add Jar/Folder dialog o my project Libraries.

and then I added this code to my class load :

import de.javasoft.plaf.synthetica.SyntheticaAluOxideLookAndFeel;

. . .

try 
    {
      UIManager.setLookAndFeel(new SyntheticaAluOxideLookAndFeel());
    } 
    catch (Exception e) 
    {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }

but when I run my application I don't get any changes, and I get this error when I click on some component in my application :

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics$MetricsKey.init(FontDesignMetrics.java:217) at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.getMetrics(FontDesignMetrics.java:286) at sun.swing.SwingUtilities2.getFontMetrics(SwingUtilities2.java:1003) at javax.swing.JComponent.getFontMetrics(JComponent.java:1615) at sun.swing.MenuItemLayoutHelper.reset(MenuItemLayoutHelper.java:125) at javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthMenuItemLayoutHelper.(SynthMenuItemLayoutHelper.java:119) at javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthGraphicsUtils.paint(SynthGraphicsUtils.java:498) at javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthMenuUI.paint(SynthMenuUI.java:283) at javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthMenuUI.update(SynthMenuUI.java:248) at javax.swing.JComponent.paintComponent(JComponent.java:769) at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(JComponent.java:1045) at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(JComponent.java:878) at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(JComponent.java:1054) at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(JComponent.java:878) at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(JComponent.java:1054) at javax.swing.JLayeredPane.paint(JLayeredPane.java:585) at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(JComponent.java:878) at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(JComponent.java:1054) at javax.swing.JComponent.paintToOffscreen(JComponent.java:5212) at javax.swing.BufferStrategyPaintManager.paint(BufferStrategyPaintManager.java:295) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paint(RepaintManager.java:1236) at javax.swing.JComponent._paintImmediately(JComponent.java:5160) at javax.swing.JComponent.paintImmediately(JComponent.java:4971) at javax.swing.RepaintManager$3.run(RepaintManager.java:796) at javax.swing.RepaintManager$3.run(RepaintManager.java:784) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(RepaintManager.java:784) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(RepaintManager.java:757) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.prePaintDirtyRegions(RepaintManager.java:706) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.access$1000(RepaintManager.java:62) at javax.swing.RepaintManager$ProcessingRunnable.run(RepaintManager.java:1651) at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:251) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:727) at java.awt.EventQueue.access$200(EventQueue.java:103) at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:688) at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:686) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:697) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:242) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:161) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:150) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:146) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:138) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:91) Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics$MetricsKey.init(FontDesignMetrics.java:217) at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.getMetrics(FontDesignMetrics.java:286) at sun.swing.SwingUtilities2.getFontMetrics(SwingUtilities2.java:1003) at javax.swing.JComponent.getFontMetrics(JComponent.java:1615) at sun.swing.MenuItemLayoutHelper.reset(MenuItemLayoutHelper.java:126) at javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthMenuItemLayoutHelper.(SynthMenuItemLayoutHelper.java:119) at javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthGraphicsUtils.paint(SynthGraphicsUtils.java:498) at javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthMenuItemUI.paint(SynthMenuItemUI.java:283) at javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthMenuItemUI.update(SynthMenuItemUI.java:247) at javax.swing.JComponent.paintComponent(JComponent.java:769) at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(JComponent.java:1045) at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(JComponent.java:878) at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(JComponent.java:1054) at javax.swing.JComponent.paintToOffscreen(JComponent.java:5212) at javax.swing.RepaintManager$PaintManager.paintDoubleBuffered(RepaintManager.java:1512) at javax.swing.RepaintManager$PaintManager.paint(RepaintManager.java:1443) at javax.swing.BufferStrategyPaintManager.paint(BufferStrategyPaintManager.java:311) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paint(RepaintManager.java:1236) at javax.swing.JComponent._paintImmediately(JComponent.java:5160) at javax.swing.JComponent.paintImmediately(JComponent.java:4971) at javax.swing.RepaintManager$3.run(RepaintManager.java:796) at javax.swing.RepaintManager$3.run(RepaintManager.java:784) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(RepaintManager.java:784) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions(RepaintManager.java:757) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.prePaintDirtyRegions(RepaintManager.java:706) at javax.swing.RepaintManager.access$1000(RepaintManager.java:62) at javax.swing.RepaintManager$ProcessingRunnable.run(RepaintManager.java:1651) at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:251) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:727) at java.awt.EventQueue.access$200(EventQueue.java:103) at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:688) at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:686) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:697) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:242) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:161) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:150) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:146) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:138) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:91)

did you try this: `UIManager.setLookAndFeel("de.javasoft.plaf.synthetica.SyntheticaStandardLookAndFeel");`and `((StyleFactory)SynthLookAndFeel.getStyleFactory()).prepareMetalLAFSwitch();` — fGo, May 23 '13 at 15:00
everything depends of code ordering, for betterh help sooner post an [SSCCE](http://sscce.org/), short, runnable, compilable, just about empty JFrame and main class with a.m. code — mKorbel, May 23 '13 at 15:08
[rest is (as always:-) descibed in FAQ](http://www.javasoft.de/synthetica/faq/) — mKorbel, May 23 '13 at 15:13
@mKorbel I've already read tha FAQ before I posted this issue — Azer Rtyu, May 23 '13 at 20:06

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 18 '16 at 22:05

Did you include Synthetica's core library 'synthetica.jar'

Ensure that your classpath contains all Synthetica libraries (including Synthetica's core library 'synthetica.jar').

Enable the Synthetica Look and Feel at startup time in your application:

import de.javasoft.plaf.synthetica.SyntheticaClassyLookAndFeel;


try {
    UIManager.setLookAndFeel(new SyntheticaClassyLookAndFeel());
} catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

Integrating Java Look And Feel into Application in netbeans

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