I wonder if you java GUI programmers have used SUBSTANCE Look and Feel. It works only on j.d.k1.5 or higher. Its appearance is like Win Vista. All you need to do is to download Substance.jar then paste it in your installation path. j.d.k1.5.0/bin in my own case. Then also paste it in the ext folder of your runtime path jre1.5.0/ext in my own case. Then in your runtime path (jre1.5.0 in my own case), you may find a file (Swing.properties) if you didn't find it, then create it using any text editor. If you find it edit it with the following text.

swing.installedlafs = motif,windows,metal,substance
swing.installedlaf.motif.name = CDE/Motif
swing.installedlaf.motif.class = com.sun.java.swing.plaf.motif.MotifLookAndFeel
swing.installedlaf.windows.name = Windows
swing.installedlaf.windows.class = com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel
swing.installedlaf.metal.name = Metal
swing.installedlaf.metal.class = javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel
swing.installedlaf.substance.name = Substance
swing.installedlaf.substance.class = org.jvnet.substance.SubstanceLookAndFeel
swing.defaultlaf=org.jvnet.substance.SubstanceLookAndFeel


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