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good day!!	04 Jan 2006 14:50 GMT	4
can anybody help me how to get started on JAVA Scripting ??
"Unveiling" an image	04 Jan 2006 14:43 GMT	2
i want to make a game.There is an image and the user must answer some questions. Every time he answers correctly, a part of the image is unveiled. If he answers all the questions correctly, he will be able to see the whole image.How is it possible to uveil some parts of an image?
Java at Windows Startup	04 Jan 2006 13:17 GMT	8
Is it possible to start the JRE at the windows login (startup shortcut?)? Our Intranet uses Java Applets and it is really annoying to wait until the JRE has started. Martin
non-static context	04 Jan 2006 13:11 GMT	6
i get the error message "non-static method getName() cannot be referenced from a static context" what does this mean. i have a getName method in another class called Volunteers. if (Volunteers.getName().equals(name))
Reading from JButton	04 Jan 2006 04:19 GMT	2
i have a client server program.. i am sending data variable 'msgFromClient' through PrintWriter object as follwoing pwOut.println(msgFromClient); in the program.. i am reading 'msgFromClient' from the following two
Visual J++ question	04 Jan 2006 04:14 GMT	1
i have a problem. I want to create an application, which can load, show and modify an image. Is it right, that i have to import java.awt liberary before? After i have import this liberary there is an error with the code from the
Probs compiling - instanceOf statement and close brackets	03 Jan 2006 22:19 GMT	7
I am a swing newbie and kind of inexperienced in java. I am using NetBeans (I don't think that comes in to play, though). I am implementing my own layout manager, and I am getting compile errors in which I do not understand what it wants me to do differently.
adding your own styles to Javadoc so that they work automatically?	03 Jan 2006 21:45 GMT	1
I've managed to get my own styles into the Javadoc "package.html" file; even though javadoc nukes the "<head>...</head>" part of the file; this works when inserted into the _body_ up toward the top, a bit of a
Advantages of using private static methods in a class	03 Jan 2006 16:33 GMT	6
I generally make small helper methods, private and static, inside my java class as , for example, below. //can use substring too, but this for example private static String getFirstCharacter(String str)
Callbacks, and using interfaces as arguments	03 Jan 2006 03:11 GMT	7
I have the following code snippets. Both has a method call to addWindowListener It is my understanding that BookOrderFrame is using a callback method to implement the interface for WindowListener. Am I correct?
Creating a file in a directory	03 Jan 2006 00:48 GMT	2
I'm able to create a new file using OutputStream savedFile = new FileOutputStream( newFile ); where newFile is a File object. However, how do I create this new file in a directory other than the current working directory? For example
change file position	03 Jan 2006 00:47 GMT	1
how i can change file position ? i want to read GIS file and then save this file in new location (local or remote location)
URLDecoder	03 Jan 2006 00:40 GMT	5
hello.. happy new year to all... can some pls explain what exactly URLDecoder does? it converts to a string, yes, but WHAT exactly? it says in docs: class contains a utility method for converting from a MIME format called
2 dimensional array of objects??	03 Jan 2006 00:38 GMT	3
I want to program a 2 dimensional array of objects. So far I've got following code snippet (note node is not finished yet just a skeleton): class node {
compile error!!	02 Jan 2006 18:50 GMT	2
i posted a topic "compile error" and did what i was told to do but i still get the same error message.