applet help

keko4201 · #1 01-06-2005, 08:24 PM

hey guys hows it goin, finished with school now, and on my own i am learning applets. um now this might be a stupid question , but this isnt working for me, not sure whats up. how do i save a java text as a class file. cause im using this code and in the utorial, they show the target using a class file, not a .java file. not sure if it make a difference or not, so i used the file that it saved as(.Java).

can someone help

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
java file
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.Graphics;

public class HelloWorld extends Applet {
public void paint(Graphics g) {
g.drawString("Hello world!", 50, 25);
}
}

with this html

<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<title>New Page 1</title>
</head>

<body>
<applet code="file:///C:/Documents and Settings/Me/Desktop/Web/HTML Development/Java/Class'/test.java" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="25">

</applet>
</body>

</html>

but htis does not work, just gives me a grey box wit the target directory. any suggestions?

**ray326** · #2 01-06-2005, 11:53 PM

The code attribute has to point to compiled Java, either a class file or a jar or zip.

**buntine** · #3 01-07-2005, 03:18 AM

Your file should be named in referance to the name of the class. So rename your file HelloWorld.java and then use HelloWorld.class in the code attribute in your HTML.

keko4201 · #4 01-07-2005, 02:21 PM

yea i know buntin, it was a mistake on my part for that, even if i do that, it dont work

**buntine** · #5 01-07-2005, 07:24 PM

Read this to get an overview of how Java Applets are supposed to be laid out: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutor...iew/index.html

Regards.

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