View Graphics in JavaFX Graphics Viewer
- Skill Level Beginner
- Product JavaFX
- Key Features JavaFX Graphics Viewer
- Last Updated May 2009
You can view the graphic images contained in JavaFX Content Files (FXZ) and JavaFX Data Files (FXD) with the JavaFX Graphics Viewer.
In JavaFX Graphics Viewer, you can magnify the graphic or size it to fit the screen. You can preview the graphic as it will look in desktop or mobile applications. If the FXZ file was saved from Adobe Illustrator CS4 with the Use Artboards feature, you can view individual artboards or the entire set.
Figure 1: JavaFX Graphics Viewer UI
The JavaFX Graphics Viewer is a stand-alone utility that you can access in any of the following ways.
- Double-click an FXZ or FXD file.
- Right-click an FXZ or FXD file (or Control-click on Mac), then select Open With > Viewer.
- Navigate to the JavaFX Production Suite installation directory and do one of the following:
- On Windows: Double-click the
Viewerfolder, then double-clickViewer.exe. - On Mac: Double-click
Viewer.
Click File > Open and navigate to the FXZ or FXD file.
- On Windows: Double-click the
- (Windows only) From the Start menu, click All Programs > JavaFX Production Suite > JavaFX Graphics Viewer, then click File > Open and navigate to the JavaFX graphics file.
Nancy Hildebrandt
Technical Writer, Oracle Corporation