Ive been using C/C++/VC++ for a long time. And recently I attempted to
check java out, web-programming in specifc, well so far, it was NOT a
good experience.
What Im trying to do is very simple and straighforward, an applet and a

Is it possible to dynamically add rows to a JTable or do I have to specify
the table fully before runtime?
Peter Simmonds

             I want to download a a.jar file ( java, jsr-82 program. ),
when I send this file to some mobile phones, they can ask me to install or
not, but when I send the same file to Nokia 6230i, it didn't ask me this,
and I can't install this program, becasue the message shows ...

I need to break up a large string into individual words, and then compare the
first word of the large string with a different word.
I can get the first word of the large string and display it and I can also
display the word I want to compare it with, but when I compare them, it says

What's a good way to indicate that one of several JButtons is recommended in
a given situation?  I tried changing the background color, but I don't like
the results.  Is there an API method to "highlight" the button?
I considered setting the button as the default button.  But if ...

I woul like to know how to improve the performance, while scaling the
image using JMagic. I am using the following code to scale the image.
//Code Begins
ImageInfo info = new ImageInfo();

I have a sql Date with the format yyyy-MM-dd. To show the birthday date of a
staff in JTextField, I did as
birthdayTextField.setText(staff.getBirthdayDate().toString);  //I can get
1979-12-15

How can I set the enabled/disabled state of a menuitem depending upon current conditions?
For example:
Suppose I have a menu item called "Delete selected item"
If there are no items selected then I would like the menu option to be greyed out (disabled)

I am building an interface to a C dll (also compiled as an so library in
linux).  This is my problem:
The operation performed by the dll/so file takes about 2 minutes to execute.  
In the past, when accessing this dll from C/C++/Matlab etc. code, I have always

I just upgraded from Netbeans 3.5 to 4.1.  It's pretty snazzy.
A couple of things I'm wondering if I can change are the default
white IDE theme to something a little more soothing on the eyes,
and get the compiler to stop opening an output tab everytime I

Ive got a swing application with quite a lot of code. With several JFrames
being created at various stages.
Its working fine but sometimes Im getting a ClassCastException ,copied
below, at no

Im having a problem when i install netbeans or eclipse on my win xp box,
where as when i goto star a new project, the options to create servlets
are not available.
Eg:

I have win2K with NT.
If I have a java program, write instructions to do a runtime exe of the
"C:\WINNT\system32\CMD.EXE"
and then run as appearing inside the black dos page.

I have been working as a programmer using C++ only for quite some time
now, I never felt the need to do any development under Java, but that
has now change; as we all know Java is not longer a programming
language that can be ignored. Thus I have decided to port or convert my

Hi n00b here, with a simply question to which i hope there is a simple
answer.
I would like to put Netbeans on my classroom pc's for students use,
but as such need to simplify and standardize as much of the