I've written a draw-application. Now I want to integrate this
application in another. But: I cannot add the toolbar of my
draw-application to the frame of the parent-application. So I want to
create a JDialog ( or JFrame or whatever ) that is not modal but stays

Does anyone know how to do on-the-fly parsing in IDEs ? That is
parsing a program say java, when it is being typed . This kind of
parsing can be used for things like code completion, error
highlighting when being typed etc.

Recently, I've written a GUI but it doesn't work properly in Unix.
However, it works fine in windows98(under DOS mode). Does anyone have
similar experience before and know how to solve it?

how do I create a list of checkboxes from an array?
thanks
Simon

I'm a newbie in java and would like to know if it's possible to generate EXE
file
(like VB?) for java applications.
I know we can use "java -classpath ...\myapp.jar myclass" to invoke the

I'm trying to use some of the "Miscellaneous Symbols" from the Unicode
character set in a program but getting absolutely nowhere. Can someone
please point me in the right direction for starters?
Thanks

In my travels I've often wondered to what degree java positively sanctions
the drawing on a component /outside/ of the
update()/paint()/paintComponent() scheme.
I know there are ways to grab a GraphicsContext associated with a display

I am writing an app. in which I would like the user to be able to save and
load information typed into a jEditorPane.  However, there seems to be
formatting that is crucial to me that is lost in this converstion.  In
particular, when you "getText()" from a jEditorPane, tabs are ...

im writing a Java Bean which opens a small frame (not
only this, but here comes my problem).
the frame should be placed exactly under a label.
first i tried to get the location for the frame by

When creating a GUI, I was wondering what was the typical way of doing
things. How do you "connect" the differents parts that make up the GUI.
Is it done like the sample code I've supplied below or am I way off? Do
you declare all the main elements that make up the GUI as public ...

I have Swing and jsp/servlet applications.
Now I need to make intercommunication.
How to?
Can someone give me any URL where is Swing-servlet communication explained

I just made my own, optimized Document implementation for use in a
JTextArea.  I optimized it to handle large amounnts of text in anappend-only
fashion.  However, when I put it to use, I get a NullPointerException deep
down inside PlainView:

hey to all gui-experts,
I have a question concerning the PropertyChangeListener. Is it possible
to set an order in which all PropertyChangeListener will be notified?
Greetings Chris

I need to develop a fairly large java application that will be
delivered to a a large number of heterogeneous clients, probably via
Web Start.   My team has some experience with AWT.  AWT is not
sufficient for our purposes, mostly or even entirely because it lacks

    Is it possible to make a transparent double buffer? The fillRect,
    clearRect and setPaintMode methods in java.awt.Graphics don't
    seem to do what they say (filling or clearing a rectangle with
    a transparent color does not seem to have any effect).