This blog post is the first of a series which introduces more new features of ZK 6. To check out main features please click here. ZK 6 has another brand new ZK component – “combobutton” which is effective in providing multi-function button enabling the developer to provide the user with one click actions as well […]

I have been evangelizing ZK 6 and its multitude of features for close to six months give or take and I am still excited about what’s coming for ZK developers. Before we continue the ZK 6 theme let’s have a recap on what has happened with ZK 5. ZK 5 has been our most successful […]

Dennis Chen Manager of Tools & Integration, Potix Corporation. Formerly technical leader & special lecturer at Infinities Soft Inc & engineer at III. 11+ years experiences in Java/J2EE solutions 3+ years BPM/SOA system & Ajax/Web2.0 applications. He is also one of the original developers of ZK Spreadsheet, ZK Studio (an Eclipse-Plugin for ZK framework) & […]

ZK Fiddle is an online ZK application editor which is a multi-purpose playground for developers. ZK Team has integrated ZK Fiddle with ZK Forum providing developers with the ability to easily share code snippets for public viewing. ZK Fiddle is available at: http://zkfiddle.org This integration is important, as it represents the first in time where […]

Normally, JasperReport uses system default font when generating a report. This blog will introduce step by step how you can embed other font types in JasperReport. Step 1: Create a file called jasperreports_extension.properties and put it in your classpath net.sf.jasperreports.extension.registry.factory.fonts= net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fonts.SimpleFontExtensionsRegistryFactory net.sf.jasperreports.extension.simple.font.families.fontfamily= fonts/fontfamily.xml Step 2: Create a “fonts” folder in classpath. Step 3: Create fontfamily.xml file in the […]

The ZK team has moved the issue tracker from sourceforge to our own new system at http://tracker.zkoss.org/. The issue tracker on sourceforge.net will be disabled starting next week, please remember to adopt to the new system. Users are able to log into the new system using their ZK forum account. If you do not already […]

The ZUL Testing Language(ZTL) has been available for one year and during this time we have looked into improving the verification of layout placement, which is hard to verify its correctness. This led to the idea of a visual test is come up to solve the problem…

Most Ajax pages are not SEO friendly, so the natural question is how to implement this in ZK. The question is also applies if your ZK application works using a Bookmark mechanism. You can implement SEO in an easy manner following these two steps…

The time for the user group is drawing near and I have been overwhelmed by the positive responses I have received from all of you. I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the event. Recently I have been busy arranging the event and decided to bring you all news of what is going to be presented.

The time has come for me to head back to England for a few weeks holiday to see my friends and family . This will be my first time back in the UK for a couple of years and I am really looking forward to it. Whilst I am in the UK I decided to host a user group for ZK uses and those who are interested in ZK. With the help of two key contributors, David Hamilton and Simon Massey, the meet is becoming a reality!

It is with great pleasure that I announce that the first ever UK ZK User Group will be held in London on Wednesday 15th December from 4pm until 6pm. THIS IS A FREE EVENT.