Repaint() method is not working in MAC IE

Question

Hi All
why repaint method is not working in MAC IE ? What i am doing is in one class which is inheriting Canvas class getting the keybord input then adding it to main applet.
Please help me i am trying it for whole week and i couldn't find any solution. I didn't put my code but if anyone is willing to help me i can post it.
Thanks in advancs
Shan

Answer 1

Hi
Thanks for your reply. Actually i wrote simple applets and those are working well.
So i did debug the code and i found that when i am running the following code in Apple MAC IE, nothing is happening in handleEvent method. Especially it is not going into the if statement (if (evt.id==401)). here i am checking for KEY_PRESS. I also tried with keyDown method but same problem in MAC IE.
I am pasting the code that is giving me problem.
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
public class testApplet extends Applet
public void init()
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
editableArea = new EditableArea();
editableArea.setBackground(Color.yellow);
add("Center", editableArea);
EditableArea editableArea;
import java.awt.*;
public class EditableArea extends Canvas
String s = "";
public boolean handleEvent(Event evt)
if (evt.id==401)
if(evt.key >= 32 && evt.key <= 255)
char c = (char)evt.key;
s = s + c;
repaint();
return super.handleEvent(evt);
public void paint( Graphics g )
g.setColor(Color.blue);
g.drawString( s,5,15);
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