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Re: a few java questions

.....and you can create 'appletcations' that have both a main  method AND
extend Applet. So you can run them as either an application and an applet.


----- Original Message -----
From: Matt Burke <mburke6@gmu.edu>
To: <gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: a few java questions


> Trust me, exe's may be done.  I have several from years ago, and if they
> aren't java, I'm a crappy c++ programmer.  Just look around (try the
> java.sun.com site).
>
>
> > lo
> >
> > java doesn't create exe images. It creates class files which are able to
> be
> > invoked via the java <classname.class> or by a web brower. I took a
quick
> > look at your code, and it seems as if you may need to study your books
> some
> > more. For example, there is no specfied layout manager used to dictate
how
> > the GUI components are to be displayed. Another thing, I say a call to
> main
> > towards the end of your code...... applets dont have main method.....
And
> > another thing, where are the init,destroy, paint etc methods????
> >
> > Josiah Avery
> > bka l0w_karma
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > > Well, I might as well start out with the questions. I have to go to
> bed
> > >in
> > >a
> > > > sec so, here goes:
> > > >
> > > > Can the Java compiler produce .exe files or files ready to begin
> without
> > > > having to have something else start it up?
> > > >
> > > > How can I slow down my java compiler? Everytime I try to compile it
> > >comes
> > >up
> > > > real fast and goes down even faster without seeing the errors or
> > >anything.
> > > >
> > > > Can someone look at this code for me and tell me why it doesn't
work?
> > > > It is just a small program that uses a lot of UI components so I
could
> > >test
> > > > a lot of them out. Oh, and to the person who showed me the Java API
> > > > documentation, thanks. That place is loaded and it teaches how to
use
> > >them
> > > > pretty well. Heres the code:
> > > >
> > > > import java.awt.*;
> > > > /*this is just a sample program to test out some UI components*/
> > > > public class uitest extends java.applet.Applet {
> > > >     public void init(boolean empty) {
> > > >         if(empty == true){
> > > >         setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));
> > > >         /*I want two buttons. One that says "submit form" and
another
> > > >         that says "cancel" */
> > > >         Button submit = new Button("Submit Form");
> > > >         Button cancel = new Button("Reset Form");
> > > >         /* I want 5 text fields: name, address, phone number, age,
> > > >         and password */
> > > >         TextField name = new TextField("type your name", 27);
> > > >         TextField address = new TextField("your address here", 30);
> > > >         TextField phone = new TextField(15);
> > > >         TextField age = new TextField(3);
> > > >         TextField password = new TextField(8);
> > > >         TextField city1 = new TextField(10);
> > > >         file://set an echocharacter for the password
> > > >         password.setEchoCharacter('*');
> > > >         /* I need one label for the top to say what the info is for
> > > >         I need a few more right next to the text fields to say
> > > >         what they are for */
> > > >         Label top2 = new Label("Enter account information");
> > > >         Label name2 = new Label("Name:", Label.LEFT);
> > > >         Label address2 = new Label("Address:");
> > > >         Label phone2 = new Label("Phone #:");
> > > >         Label age2 = new Label("Age:");
> > > >         Label password2 = new Label("Password:");
> > > >         Label blank2 = new Label("       ");
> > > >         Label blank3 = new Label("       ");
> > > >         Label blank4 = new Label("       ");
> > > >         Label blank = new Label("       ");
> > > >         Label blank6 = new Label("       ");
> > > >         Label blank5 = new Label("           ");
> > > >         Label blank7 = new Label("       ");
> > > >         Label interest = new Label("What are your interests?");
> > > >         Label occupation = new Label("What is your occupation?");
> > > >         Label city = new Label("city");
> > > >         Label money = new Label("Income:");
> > > >         CheckboxGroup income = new CheckboxGroup();
> > > >         Checkbox a30 = new Checkbox("$20,000-$30,000",income,false);
> > > >         Checkbox a40 = new Checkbox("$30,000-$40,000",income,false);
> > > >         Checkbox a50 = new Checkbox("$40,000-$50,000",income,false);
> > > >         Checkbox a60 = new Checkbox("$50,000-$60,000",income,false);
> > > >         Checkbox a70 = new Checkbox("$60,000-$70,000",income,false);
> > > >         Choice occ = new Choice();
> > > >         occ.addItem("Teacher");
> > > >         occ.addItem("Marketer");
> > > >         occ.addItem("Salesman");
> > > >         occ.addItem("Programmer");
> > > >         occ.addItem("Store owner");
> > > >         occ.addItem("Store worker");
> > > >         Checkbox books = new Checkbox("books");
> > > >         Checkbox movies = new Checkbox("movies");
> > > >         Checkbox music = new Checkbox("music");
> > > >         Checkbox compute = new Checkbox("computers");
> > > >         Checkbox tech = new Checkbox("technology");
> > > >         Checkbox family = new Checkbox("family fun");
> > > >         Checkbox shop = new Checkbox("shopping");
> > > >         /*Now it's time to put the labels, buttons, and textfields
> > > >         together. The first thing I add is the labels, then the
> > > >         text fields beside them */
> > > >         add(top2);
> > > >         add(blank4);
> > > >         add(interest);
> > > >         add(books);
> > > >         add(movies);
> > > >         add(music);
> > > >         add(compute);
> > > >         add(tech);
> > > >         add(family);
> > > >         add(shop);
> > > >         add(occupation);
> > > >         add(occ);
> > > >         add(blank3);
> > > >         add(money);
> > > >         add(a30);
> > > >         add(a40);
> > > >         add(a50);
> > > >         add(a60);
> > > >         add(a70);
> > > >         add(blank6);
> > > >         add(blank5);
> > > >         add(blank7);
> > > >         add(name2);
> > > >         add(name); file://name
> > > >         add(address2);   file://label....and so on
> > > >         add(address);
> > > >         add(phone2);
> > > >         add(phone);
> > > >         add(age2);
> > > >         add(age);
> > > >         add(password2);
> > > >         add(password);
> > > >         add(city);
> > > >         add(city1);
> > > >         /*now that I have added all the labels and text fields, I
> > > >         now add the buttons at the end. Note one thing. I added
> > > >         some add methods that included a label variable called blank
> > > >         now, blank is a label that has numbers like 2,3,4,5 and so
on
> > > >         the numbers must be used because, as it seems to me, you can
> > > >         only add one label per panel of the same name. The blank
> > > >         labels are used to space the panel components*/
> > > >         add(blank);
> > > >         add(blank);
> > > >         add(blank2);
> > > >         add(submit);
> > > >         add(cancel);
> > > >         }
> > > > }
> > > > public boolean action(Event evt, Object arg) {
> > > >     if(evt.target instanceof Button)
> > > >     handlebutton((String)arg);
> > > >     return true;
> > > > }
> > > > void handlebutton(String nm) {
> > > >     if(nm.equals("Reset Form"))
> > > >     init(true);   file://I call init with true in it saying that all
> the
> > > >     file://textfields and everything are empty and it therefore
resets
> > >the
> > > >     file://screen
> > > > }
> > > > public static void main(String arg[]){
> > > > uitest test = new uitest();
> > > > test.init(true);
> > > > }
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >                                       Peace and may God
> > > >                                        direct your life
> > > >                                         Amen, Jonathan Smith
> > > >
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