The code below gives the NullPointerException from
javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel.getControlDarkShadow(MetalLookAndFee
l.java:1071)
in JDK 1.3.1_12.   However, the error is not given in JDK 1.4.2_04 .  To be

I have a component, a Jwhich implements DragGestureRecognizer and has a
number of MousInputListeners added to it. As soon as those listeners are
added, it loses the ability to recognize a drag gesture (ie.
dragGestureRecognized never gets called). This can be traced exactly to when

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Bora

I wrote a custom Swing component that overrides paintComponent() to implement
a tiled-image background. For optimal performance, I use the clipping
rectangle of the input Graphics object to decide which part of the tile to
repaint.

I have implemented the TreeCellRenderer, such that each node in
my JTree has a checkbox and a label in a JPanel.
Now I am creating a mouse listener for the tree. I can get the
name of the node using TreePath.getLastPathComponent(). But how can

Is it true that setExtendedState(MAXIMIZED_BOTH) does not work for a JFrame
under Windows (XP in my case)?
The other constant (namely ICONIFIED) works flawlessly, but any form of
MAXIMIZED_* is ignored by my program.

On MS Windows, I'm using ctl-C and ctl-V to cut and paste text info
between applications.
But when I use ctl-C to copy text from a JTextArea, it loses its
line endings ("\r\n" in this case). Can anyone please give me

How do i go about highlighting a node in a JTree given the Tree node.
I have the TreeNode and it already exists within the tree, but I want to
have it selected in the Tree
Eg

How does one obtain the TreePath gien a DefaultMutableTreeNode?

How do you make it so a JSlider can be moved by clicking where you want it
to be?
The default behavior seems to only allow dragging it.
I've downloaded the demo's from

Is there a more efficient way to write this query?
conn.prepareStatement( "SELECT confirm, ordertimestamp, unencrypted,
encrypted FROM orders WHERE confirm > ? AND vendorid = ? ORDER BY
confirm LIMIT 1" );

Basically, I have a JMenu that contains so many items that it has become
quite unwieldy.  All the items under this particular menu would be very
difficult to sub-categorize.
Is a scrollable JMenu out of the question? If

I want a JSpinner field to display a value between 1.000 and 1.100,
formatted like that.  So 1.01, for instance, should display as 1.010.
The following code:
       JSpinner ogField = new JSpinner();

Hello I am working on a mortgage calculation project for class and am
having difficultly with the actionPerformed() and itemStateChanged()
methods. Can someone direct me to example codes dealing with
JComboBox() methods associated with calculations??

I have an app that accepts both stringFlavor and javaFileListFlavor objects
dropped onto it.  This is working well under Windows and Mac OS X.  I just
tried testing under Linux and my drop area isn't recognized there.  When I
drag either a string or file object the cursor icon ...