With Forte it's quite easy to use the GridBagLayout, the layout manager that
I'm using. I first used AbsoluteLayout, but because it isn't included in the
default sdk and re, I stopped using it.

What I mean is I create  most of my objects using the GUI editor, that
automatically generates the code to add the components. Currently I'm
leaving a blank space with the GUI editor, and then manually  create the
array of buttons using a for loop.