Hi Folks,

Below is some sample code for a Java Applet. If I manually compile it using
the command line interpreter & fire it off using an HTML document it works
fine. However if I create a project in NetBeans Right Click on the
ShowDocument.java file and click Run File, I get a message in the output
window "createGUI didn't successfully complete".

Can anyone please tell me exactly what I need to do to get this (and other)
sample code to actually work inside the NetBeans IDE.

Regards,

M

/*
* ShowDocument.java
*
* Created on 19 October 2006, 07:42
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package org.me.ShowDocument;

import java.applet.AppletContext;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.Insets;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;

public class ShowDocument extends JApplet
                         implements ActionListener {
   URLWindow urlWindow;

   public void init() {
       //Execute a job on the event-dispatching thread:
       //creating this applet's GUI.
       try {
           SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
               public void run() {
                   createGUI();
               }
           });
       } catch (Exception e) {
           System.err.println("createGUI didn't successfully complete");
       }
   }

   private void createGUI() {
       JButton button = new JButton("Bring up URL window");
       button.addActionListener(this);
       add(button);

       JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
       urlWindow = new URLWindow(getAppletContext());
       urlWindow.pack();
   }

   public void destroy() {
       //Execute a job on the event-dispatching thread:
       //creating this applet's GUI.
       try {
           SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
               public void run() {
                   destroyGUI();
               }
           });
       } catch (Exception e) { }
   }
   
   private void destroyGUI() {
       urlWindow.setVisible(false);
       urlWindow = null;
   }

   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
       urlWindow.setVisible(true);
   }
}

class URLWindow extends JFrame
                       implements ActionListener {
   JTextField urlField;
   JComboBox choice;
   AppletContext appletContext;

   public URLWindow(AppletContext appletContext) {
       super("Show a Document!");
       this.appletContext = appletContext;

       JPanel contentPane = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
       setContentPane(contentPane);
       contentPane.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10));
       GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
       c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;

       JLabel label1 = new JLabel("URL of document to show: ",
                                  JLabel.TRAILING);
       add(label1, c);

       urlField = new JTextField("http://java.sun.com/", 20);
       label1.setLabelFor(urlField);
       urlField.addActionListener(this);
       c.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER;
       c.weightx = 1.0;
       add(urlField, c);

       JLabel label2 = new JLabel("Window/frame to show it in: ",
                                  JLabel.TRAILING);
       c.gridwidth = 1;
       c.weightx = 0.0;
       add(label2, c);

       String[] strings = {
           "(browser's choice)", //don't specify
           "My Personal Window", //a window named "My Personal Window"
           "_blank",             //a new, unnamed window
           "_self",
           "_parent",
           "_top"                //the Frame that contained this applet
       };
       choice = new JComboBox(strings);
       label2.setLabelFor(choice);
       c.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
       c.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER;
       c.insets = new Insets(5,0,0,0);
       c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.LINE_START;
       add(choice, c);

       JButton button = new JButton("Show document");
       button.addActionListener(this);
       c.weighty = 1.0;
       c.ipadx = 10;
       c.ipady = 10;
       c.insets = new Insets(10,0,0,0);
       c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.PAGE_END;
       add(button, c);
   }
   
   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
       String urlString = urlField.getText();
       URL url = null;
       try {
           url = new URL(urlString);
       } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
           System.err.println("Malformed URL: " + urlString);
       }

       if (url != null) {
           if (choice.getSelectedIndex() == 0) {
               appletContext.showDocument(url);
           } else {
               appletContext.showDocument(url,
                                 (String)choice.getSelectedItem());
           }
       }
   }
}