Saving and Restoring the BeanBox Form
Now that you have created a running BeanBox application, you can save it to be restored later. BeanBox uses Java object serialization to accomplish this. Go to the File menu on the main BeanBox window and select Save. A dialog box appears that allows you to specify the file to save the application to; specify a filename and press the Save button. The file you specified now contains an object stream for the BeanBox form and all of the Beans you added to it, including the hookup adapters that were generated.
To restore the application you created, first go to the File menu and select Clear. This will remove all Beans from the BeanBox. Next, go to the File menu and select Load. A dialog box will appear, allowing you to choose the file in which you stored your BeanBox application; select your file and press the Open button. The Beans are reconstructed in the same state they were in when you saved them. You can verify this by pressing the Start and Stop buttons to ensure that they still start and stop the Juggler animation.
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