Hi,

I'm a total newbie to Java (forced into it via a master's class, actually,
but enjoying it!).  I've scoured my Java books and the web for what I'm sure
is very simple stuff but am coming up blank.

Basic premise: build an applet that has a JTextArea in which to display some
simple lines of text as the applet runs.  Using JBuilder Foundation I'm able
to build the GUI in the init() method and am hacking my way through learning
what all the auto-generated code means.  As a Delphi guy, it's slowly making
sense.

My applet has multiple custom classes, each in their own .java file, that
need to be able to write to the JTextArea.  But I can't for the life of me
figure out how to reference that component or write to it in classes other
than the main class that extends applet.

In Delphi I'd simply add the main class that contains the JTextArea to the
'uses' clause of other classes, but I don't know the equivalent
functionality in java.  Can anyone tell me the basic concept, or where in
the Sun or JBuilder docs to find it?  I'm stumped.

Thanks,

Chris