Applet On Netscape and IE

Question

We are building a shopping cart applet using jdk1.0.x
When the user clicks on a submit button applet makes a connection to the server and waits for the server response. This piece of code makes a status message visible while the applet is waiting for server response.
public boolean mouseDown(Event event,int x, int y)
if (y >= 235 && y <= 260 && x >= 433 && x<= 511 )
lMessage.setVisible(true);
parent.SubmitInfo();
parent.Confirmation(); // make next page visible
return true;
The message is visible in Netscape , but in IE (both in MAC and Windows) it does not show up.
Does anyone have any ideas ?
Thanks in advance
Syama.

Answer 1

Hi, Guess I should have given code sample. lMessage is a label and it is added to the panel.
It does not display on IE but it displays on Netscape.
public class Review extends Panel
// members
public Review(ECommerce _parent)
// add size other components
     add(lMessage);
     lMessage.reshape(10,240,300,20);
     lMessage.setFont(parent.mFB);
     lMessage.setBackground(parent.bC);
     lMessage.setForeground(parent.mtC);
     lMessage.setVisible(true);
// other methods none of them refer lMessage
public boolean mouseDown(Event event,int x, int y)
     if (parent.submitOrder) return true;
     if (y >= 235 && y <= 260 && x >= 433 && x<= 511 )
          parent.submitOrder = true;
                         lMessage.setVisible(true);
     lMessage.requestFocus();
     repaint();
     parent.SubmitInfo();
     parent.Confirmation();
     parent.submitOrder = false;
     return true;
May be it has something to do with jdk - we are using jdk 1.1.
Thanks,
Syama.