This document describes the API of the JGoodies Forms,
     a framework that helps you lay out and implement 
     elegant Swing panels quickly and consistently. 
     Forms makes simple things easy and the hard stuff possible,
     the good design easy and the bad difficult.
		 
	 Forms 1.5 requires Java 6 or later. 
	 Find Forms versions for older Java at 
	 here.
	 
	 
Getting Started
	 
	 Forms ships with a tutorial 
	 and tutorial sources. The compiled tutorial is available as
	 Forms Demo.
     And you can find more examples at
     www.JGoodies.com/freeware.
	As a next step you can study the 
	JGoodies articles and presentations.
	
	Open Issue
	
    There's a weakness in the FormLayout that may require an API extension.
    Components that span multiple columns or rows do not affect
    the column width or row height resp., 
    but can in some cases expand the container.
    I'm looking for a means to let the layout grid honor these components
    that is both powerful and easy to understand. 
    See item #3.5 in the accompanying FAQ for details and a workaround.