Problem with appletviewer

Problem with appletviewer

Hi all,

I have the following code, which compiles fine, and I can
view this applet successfully in my web page when I embed
it in the <APPLET> tags - Even my output statements are
working correctly when viewed in the Java Console.

Having said that however, I cannot get this to work with
the 'appletviewer' - That is: I cannot get the viewer to
show up at all, so I cannot view this applet outside of
the browser for some reason. For example, if I type:

C:\>appletviewer DateTime
I/O exception while reading:
C:\DateTime (The system cannot find the file specified)

OR... C:\>appletviewer DateTime.
I/O exception while reading:
C:\DateTime. (The system cannot find the file specified)

OR... C:\> appletviewer DateTime.class
Nothing at all happens - No viewer, no errors.
The title of the command window flashes very quickly like the
viewer has started, but then nothing - I just get the command prompt.

Any ideas?
I am running Win XP SP2, and...

C:\>java -showversion
java version "1.5.0_02"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_02-b09)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_02-b09, mixed mode, sharing)

Here is the code:

import java.applet.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class DateTime extends Applet
{
public void paint( Graphics g )
{
System.out.println( "Start of paint() method" );

// Format the current date / time...
System.out.println( "Formatting the date/time" );
DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(
DateFormat.LONG, DateFormat.SHORT );

String str = df.format( new Date() );
System.out.println( "The date/time is: " + str );

// Draw the date / time...
System.out.println( "Drawing the date/time" );
FontMetrics fm = g.getFontMetrics();
g.drawString( str, (getSize().width - fm.stringWidth( str ) ) / 2,
( (getSize().height - fm.getHeight()) / 2) + fm.getAscent() );

System.out.println( "End of paint() method" );
}
}

Cheers,
Chris Val

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Chris \( Val \)
04-25-05 01:59 PM

Re: Problem with appletviewer

Chris ( Val ) wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have the following code, which compiles fine, and I can
> view this applet successfully in my web page when I embed
> it in the <APPLET> tags - Even my output statements are
> working correctly when viewed in the Java Console.
>
> Having said that however, I cannot get this to work with
> the 'appletviewer' - That is: I cannot get the viewer to
> show up at all, so I cannot view this applet outside of
> the browser for some reason. For example, if I type:
>
>
>

Create a file named DateTime.html with the following content and save it
in the same directory:

<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<applet code="DateTime.class" width="200" height="200"></applet>
</body>
</html>


Then run:

appletviewer DateTime.html


and enjoy ;)



--
Peter MacMillan
e-mail/msn: peter@writeopen.com

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Peter MacMillan
04-25-05 01:59 PM

Re: Problem with appletviewer

"Peter MacMillan" <peter@writeopen.com> wrote in message
news:PNudnYW8KvwPy_HfRVn-pA@rogers.com...
| Chris ( Val ) wrote:
| > Hi all,
| >
| > I have the following code, which compiles fine, and I can
| > view this applet successfully in my web page when I embed
| > it in the <APPLET> tags - Even my output statements are
| > working correctly when viewed in the Java Console.
| >
| > Having said that however, I cannot get this to work with
| > the 'appletviewer' - That is: I cannot get the viewer to
| > show up at all, so I cannot view this applet outside of
| > the browser for some reason. For example, if I type:
| >
| >
| >
|
| Create a file named DateTime.html with the following content and save it
| in the same directory:
|
| <html>
| <head></head>
| <body>
| <applet code="DateTime.class" width="200" height="200"></applet>
| </body>
| </html>
|
|
| Then run:
|
| appletviewer DateTime.html
|
|
| and enjoy ;)

I'll just go and crawl back into my hole now :-)

Thanks for waking me up <G>.

Cheers,
Chris Val

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Chris \( Val \)
04-25-05 01:59 PM