I would like to deprecated some methods in my
class. So next time when people use those methods,
they will get the warning messages during compiling.
If you know how, please let me know.

I am trying to read emails in from a stmp server without javamail api's
and i so far have only managed to read the e-mail messages but i can't
seem to read any attachments that come with it. I am not very sure as
to how i should separate the message from the attachment. This is what

I would like to create a deployable executable from a Swing program with
a few requirements. The program currently runs as:
java -cp . myprogram
What I would like to do is have :

Why is it when I create a JtextArea with size of 4,100 as arguments that
I can press Enter and get more than 4 lines and I can hold down a letter
and get more than 100 characters?  I see no point in having a
constructor or methods to set these if the values are not going to be

I have a non-editable JTextPane put inside a JScrollPane, and showing HTML
formatted text. When using the arrow keys up and down to scroll the text,
there is a "latency" of a certain number of keypresses, as if there is a
cursor that needs to reach the edge of the viewport before ...

I have a JPanel with child-controls in a GridBagLayout.
If I set its "PreferredSize" to null, Swing automatically chooses an
acceptable width and an acceptable height.
I would like to make the JPanel wider, though, and still let Swing

I have JTable  , and i want to have in each cell of table some custome
panel whith buttons and textboxes ,the same in every cell.Is it posible
to catch an event from components in that panel?
i would appritiate advice ,thnx

I want to create the best fitting font for my jbutton, so when the user
expands the UI, the JButton expands or shrinks, so I then change the size of
the font to fill the button correctly..
I am trying something like this on component resize:

I'm a newbie to this, but I can't figure out why the ScrollPane is not
adding a scrollbar to my JTable.  As you can see, it is a 100 x100
table and the scrollpane only scrolls the vertical, not the horizontal.
Why is this?

I'm trying to do the following:
I have a JTable with 3 columns and when I select a row, I would like to have
only the middle column to get another background color. The other columns
shound keep their bg color (e.g. white).

Is anyone familiar with any java libraries that support the display of
music notation over the web?  I've found two so far (JMusic and JScore)
and am about to  try them out, but would be interested to hear opinions
from anyone else who's tried them, or who knows a better way to go

I implemented JFileChooser so that I can select multiple files.
However, the only way for me to select more than one file is to hold
the ctrl and then click on the files I want in the current folder.
Is there a way to hold the left mouse button and drag it over a bunch

Does anyone know of a way to customize the vertical spacing
between menu items in a menu in Swing?
Thanks,
Sean

Hello group,
A question from a fonts newbie. I am trying to use TrueType
fonts in a simple Java program. The font displays the same
as in Windows, although it doesn't appear to be anti-aliased.

Could you please tell me what is different between updateUI and validate in
a JPanel. In myPanel (extends JPanel), I have myJTable and myTableModel to
display data in a table. When I add one record into the data and want to
update this record in the table, only the updateUI works ...