Hi, I have recently been programming using the Sun java sdk but for a
project at college, I have to use Visual J#.net. What are the main
differences between the two? Which one is harder? Is there any difference
between the two API's?

Can anyone please tell me when Tomcat 5 came out and how long it was in
Beta?  I tried to find this info on Apache's web site but it wasn't easily
available.
Thanks.

Hello all,  I am somewhat of a newbiew but learn real fast.
I have a Sorted Map and want to parse out the contents into a nice
viewable table.  My first thought was to create an HTML doc and display
it in a JEditorPane.

I believe I have a problem that is machine specific.  I have several
java programs that compile fine on one machine but when I take them to
another I get the Java:16: Cannot resolve symbol error.
I was thinking it was the path variable but I did set it up per the

I have been stumped with this problem for days.
The JPanel does not update the JLabel component into the new JButton.
Even if the JButton is a new JLabel, the panel doesn't update.
Any help a million times appreciated.  thanks

When i add a JToolBar to my JFrame, i loose the KeyEvent. Is it normal ?
Any information is greatly appreciated!
Thanks,

I'm having trouble installing POI stuff....starting with Ant and then
Forrest, and ending with the building of POI itself.
The docs with the POI are almost no use...will anybody please help???
Galal

With this code:
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.applet.*;
import javax.swing.*;

On my applet I defined a JLabel to display messages. I see the label, but after
I changed it with:
Lbl1.setText("this is a warning");
I don't see a change - I see the old contends.

So there is a package in /somedir/somewhere/stuff.jar
If I look in stuff.jar I see subdirs like this:
/com/mycompany/connection/*.class
My CLASSPATH has /somedir/somewhere in it, and my code has this import statement:

There is a jar file at /somewhere/bung.jar that has a class I'm using.
jar tv tells me this
/com/mycompany/things/Account.class
My CLASSPATH has .:/somewhere/bung.jar

If the compiler reads left to right, top to bottom, and every
application needs to have a main method, why is it OK to put the main
method near the end of the program instead of immediately following
the class?

Is it possible to execute code when a class is loaded from a package?
Like a sort of static constructor?

I have a problem whit formatting my date.  On my screen I have a
formattedtextfield whit a dat in (format: dd/MM/yyyy).  Now in my sql I need
the following format MM/dd/yyyy.  But when I try tot format this I get the
following error:

Could anyone explain to me the main advantages of using Try and Catch rather
than Throwing Exceptions.
For convinience, I often throws exception but in most elegantly written
programs, people almost always use Try and Catch.