Hi All,

I have Win2K with NT and am using j2sdk1.4.2_08

With the current IDE that I am using the console at the bottom displays
the instructions and then to enter the data, I have to seemingly have
to use the data Standard Input(System.in)
window. This is really aggravating because I have to constantly reset
the focus with the mouse in the Standard Input(System.in) with each new
question presented in the console.

Here is a  snip of what I am speaking about.

import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class MyPanelA extends JPanel  {
 private  String highestpwr,start,end,constant,interval,coefficient;
 private  double
constnumdblnum,intervaldblnum,startdblnum,enddblnum,x,y = 0.0;
 private  double CoeffArraydblnum[] = new double[10];
 private  int highestpwrnum,xmove,x1,ymove,y1 = 0;

 public MyPanelA() {
   InputStreamReader keyboard = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
   BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(keyboard);
   System.out.println("We are going to enter the function's details
now");
   try
   {
     System.out.println("     ");
     System.out.println("Please enter the highest power for x :");
     //user enter the highest power
     highestpwr = in.readLine();
     highestpwrnum = Integer.parseInt(highestpwr);

     System.out.println("Please enter the desired start, end (left,
right) values for x:");

     //enter minimum start of the x values left side
     System.out.println("Start left sided from :");
     start = in.readLine();
     startdblnum = Double.parseDouble(start);

     //enters maximum end of the x values right side
     System.out.println("Ends on right side : ");
     end = in.readLine();
     enddblnum = Double.parseDouble(end);

     //enter increment step  0.1
     System.out.println("Now enter the interval :");
     interval = in.readLine();
     intervaldblnum = Double.parseDouble(interval);

     //enter constant term -2.0
     System.out.println("Please enter the constant number :");
     constant = in.readLine();
     constnumdblnum = Double.parseDouble(constant);

     for (int i = highestpwrnum; i > 0; i--) {
       System.out.println("Please enter coefficient for the X^" + i +
" term");
       coefficient = in.readLine();
       CoeffArraydblnum[i] = Double.parseDouble(coefficient);
     }
   } // end of try
   catch (Exception e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
   }
 }

Bob