Positioning components?

Im trying to create and layout controls
dynamically but i can't figure out how
to set the x and y alignments.
I tried using setalignmentX and using
setPosition(Point); Any ideas?

Code:

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  import java.awt.*;
  import javax.swing.*;
  import java.awt.event.*;


  public class Layout{
    public static void main(String [] args){
 
    int width = 50;
    int space = 10;
    float x = 0;
    float y = 0;
    JFrame jf = new JFrame("Hello");
    Dimension d;
    Container c = jf.getContentPane();
    c.setLayout(null);
    jf.addWindowListener(new WindowMonitor());
    jf.setSize(600,450);
    jf.setVisible(true); 

    JButton[] jb = new JButton[20];
    for(int i = 0; i < jb.length; ++i){
      jb[i] = new JButton(new Integer(i).toString());
      d = new Dimension(50,50);
      jb[i].setSize(d);
       
    }
      for(int i = 0; i < jb.length; ++i){
   
      if(x > jf.getWidth() - (width + space)){
        x = 10;
        y = 60;
      jb.setalignmentX = x;   
      jb.setalignmentY = y;     

      c.add(jb[i]);
      }else{x += (width + space);
          jb.setalignmentX = x;   
            c.add(jb[i]);
    }
    }
  }
  }

 class WindowMonitor extends WindowAdapter {
    public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we){
      System.exit(0);
    }
  }

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have you tried setBounds?

I'm quite interested in this as I haven't had a chance of playing with the layout manager set to null.

DO keep us updated!

Here you hav an example:
jScrollPane2.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy
(javax.swing.JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
jScrollPane2.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Tekst"));
jScrollPane2.setBounds(new Rectangle(0, 108, 634, 156));
jScrollPane2.getViewport().add(jTextArea2, null);
this.getContentPane().add(jScrollPane2, null);
jTextArea2.setWrapStyleWord(true);
jTextArea2.setLineWrap(true);
jTextArea2.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black, 1));

Thanks guys :) The methods worked good. I have
the JFrame set to a certain width which gives the
right most JButtons a nice space from the edge of
the frame. But i have to work on the line
" if(x > (jf.getWidth() - (width + space))){"
a bit so i can have consistent space from the
edge of the frame regardless of the JFrame size.

Code:

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  import java.awt.*;
  import javax.swing.*;
  import java.awt.event.*;


  public class Layout{
    public static void main(String [] args){
   
    int height  = 50; 
    int width = 50;
    int space = 10;
    int x = 0;
    int y = 10;
    JFrame jf = new JFrame("Hello");
   
    Container c = jf.getContentPane();
    c.setLayout(null);
    jf.addWindowListener(new WindowMonitor());
    jf.setSize(560,400);
    jf.setResizable(false);
    jf.setVisible(true); 

    JButton[] jb = new JButton[54];
    for(int i = 0; i < jb.length; ++i){
      jb[i] = new JButton(new Integer(i).toString());
      jb[i].setSize(width, height);
       
    }
      for(int i = 0; i < jb.length; ++i){

      if(x == 0){
        x = 10;
        jb[i].setBounds(new Rectangle(x, y, width, height));
        c.add(jb[i]);
        continue;
      }
        x += (width + space);
        jb[i].setBounds(new Rectangle(x, y, width, height));     
        c.add(jb[i]);
 
        if(x > (jf.getWidth() - (width + space))){
        x = 10;
        y += (height + space);
        jb[i].setBounds(new Rectangle(x, y, width, height));     
        c.add(jb[i]);
      }
    }
    }
  }
 

 class WindowMonitor extends WindowAdapter {
    public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we){
      System.exit(0);
    }
  }

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