[teamsilvamma]

Hey guys,

I was building a simple form in Java using Applet and it was showing fine, then I introduced the setLayout to Flowout and it all went blank. I thought maybe I shouldn't do that, but I set the layout back to how I had it and it still drawing a blank applet. Can you take a quick glance at this code please. Thanks

package applets;

import java.awt.*; 
import java.applet.*;

public class applet3 extends Applet  
{ 
  	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
  	
//creating the fields and storing variables     
	  
  	  Button sendBtn, resetBtn; 
      Label nameLbl, addressLbl, cityLbl, stateLbl, zipLbl;
      Label radiolblTitle, optionTitle, choiceTitle;
      TextField nameTxt, addressTxt, cityTxt, stateTxt, zipTxt; 
      CheckboxGroup radioGroup; 
      Checkbox radio1, radio2; 
      Checkbox option1, option2, option3, option4; 
      Choice choice;
 

     public void form() 
     { 
        //assigning properties to the fields
    	setLayout(new FlowLayout()); 
        sendBtn = new Button("Send"); 
        resetBtn = new Button("Reset");
        
        nameLbl = new Label("Name");
        addressLbl = new Label("Address");
        cityLbl = new Label("City");
        stateLbl = new Label("State");
        zipLbl = new Label("Zip");
        radiolblTitle = new Label("Is this a new case?");
        optionTitle = new Label("Service required. Choose all that apply");
        choiceTitle = new Label("Age");
        
        nameTxt = new TextField("",50); 
        addressTxt = new TextField("",100);
        cityTxt = new TextField("",20);
        stateTxt = new TextField("",2);
        zipTxt = new TextField("",5);
        
        radioGroup = new CheckboxGroup();  
        radio1 = new Checkbox("Yes", radioGroup, false); 
        radio2 = new Checkbox("No", radioGroup, false); 
            
        option1 = new Checkbox("Criminal Law", false);
        option2 = new Checkbox("Civil Law", false);
        option3 = new Checkbox("Business Law", false);
        option4 = new Checkbox("Divorce Law", false);
        
        choice = new Choice();
        choice.addItem("Choice 1");
        choice.addItem("Choice 2");
        choice.addItem("Choice 3");
        

        //placing the fields on the applet
        sendBtn.setBounds(20,580,100,30);
        resetBtn.setBounds(180,580,100,30);
          
        nameLbl.setBounds(10,70,140,30);
        addressLbl.setBounds(10,105,140,30);
        cityLbl.setBounds(10,140,40,30);
        stateLbl.setBounds(200,140,40,30);
        zipLbl.setBounds(290,140,40,30);
        radiolblTitle.setBounds(10,200,120,30);
        optionTitle.setBounds(10,270,250,30);
        choiceTitle.setBounds(10,350,250,30);
          
        nameTxt.setBounds(60,70,350,25); 
        addressTxt.setBounds(60,105,350,25); 
        cityTxt.setBounds(60,140,130,25); 
        stateTxt.setBounds(240,140,40,25);
        zipTxt.setBounds(330,140,80,25); 
          
        radio1.setBounds(40,230,50,30); 
        radio2.setBounds(100,230,50,30); 
        
        option1.setBounds(40,300,100,30);
        option2.setBounds(40,335,100,30);
        option3.setBounds(180,300,100,30);
        option4.setBounds(180,335,100,30);
        
        choice.setBounds(40,370,100,30);
        
        //activating the fields
        add(sendBtn); 
        add(resetBtn);
      
        add(nameTxt);
        add(addressTxt);
        add(cityTxt);
        add(stateTxt);
        add(zipTxt);
      
        add(nameLbl);
        add(addressLbl);
        add(cityLbl);
        add(stateLbl);
        add(zipLbl);
        add(radiolblTitle);
        add(optionTitle);
        add(choiceTitle);
      
        add(radio1); 
        add(radio2); 
        
        add(option1);
        add(option2);
        add(option3);
        add(option4);
        
        add(choice);
     }//end form

}//end class

[macosxnerd101]

*Moved to Java*

You need an init() method for an Applet, and you should invoke your form() method there. Or just rename form() to init(). Applets have milestone methods- init(), start(), stop(), destroy(). The init() one is the one you are always interested in.

Also, you should avoid AWT in favor of the more modern Swing Components like JApplet, JButton, etc.

[g00se]

You can't normally use setBounds and expect your choices to be honoured unless you use a null layout. Null layouts should be avoided except for very special cases, and yours isn't special. Learn how to use layout managers

http://docs.oracle.c...yout/index.html

[teamsilvamma]

Thanks fellas, it worked great!