Create menus in an applet

I'm just starting to use applets. I'd like to create an applet menu for my web page. I'd like to use the MenuBar object but I guess you need to add that to a Frame. Of course, applets are panels so how I can accomplish this?
Do I need to add a frame to me applet?
Thanks for the help!

in the init section of your code try:
JMenu Section = new JMenu("Section");
JMenuBar mb = new JMenuBar();
mb.add(Section);
setJMenuBar(mb);
This should give you a bar with Section as an option

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Hello, everyone! I'm working on a homework assignment for my Intro to Java class, and I'm having a problem I've never run into before. My assignment is to create a animated Java applet which displays an image of an alien spaceship which travels in diagonal lines across the applet area. My main problem is that when I try to compile my code, I get three "cannot find symbol" errors about my variable "alien." I can't figure out why declaring it as a class variable hasn't solved my problem. The errors pop up for the repaint() method, as well as the pane.add and the paintIcon. Here's my code:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.Timer;
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ImageIcon alien;
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}I've only posted the section which I think is relevant to my problem, but I can post the rest if anyone thinks it's necessary.
I'm aware that the code isn't ready yet in several other ways, but I don't think I can move on until I figure out what's up with the "alien" variable. I don't need anyone to write code for me or anything like that, I just lack perspective here. A couple hints in the right direction would be invaluable. Thanks!
Edited by: springer on Nov 25, 2007 10:46 PM

You can?t add ImageIcon into pane, you can do like below.
alien = new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("alien.gif"));
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How to create menus in oracle forms6i?

hello all,
I want to create menu option in oracle forms6i..Is it possible? then how to create menus in a frame? pls help me..
USER MANAGEMENT-------------->this is main menu.under this i want following
--------->1.ADD USER
---------->2.EDIT USER
----------->3.DROP USER

Hi Balraj
Try to read this & implement it
http://dbaforums.org/oracle/index.php?showtopic=2031
u have also menu FREE sample as Demo Forms6i pls down load
http://www.oracle.com/technology/sample_code/products/forms/6idemos.html
Or download it directly as in this Thread Francois posted Directly...
Forms6 : default menus menudef.mmb and menudefs.mmb
Regards,
Abdetu...
Edited by: Abdetu on Jan 23, 2011 11:31 PM

Best way to create menus [was: Queston]

What technique or is a template used to create the menu for this Adobe page? I have been studying web development (reading and tutorials) and the sections are always short on creating menus. Mostly, covers creating buttons with behaviors in Fireworks and inserting them into Navigation Bars and Tables? What are the best ways to create menus?
[Subject line edited by moderator]

Howdy,
The best way is definately not the Fireworks way. Never has been.
Take RJweb's advise and check out the PVII Menu Magic. I use that all the time and its very easy to customize with its well laid out CSS files. I havn't found anything easier to use and customize yet.
Brad Lawryk
Community Expert: Dreamweaver
Usergroup Manager: Northern British Columbia Adobe Usersgroup

Any way to Create Menus in version 4?

Dear fellow Premier Elements users -- I'm running version 4.0 of Premier Elements, and no matter what I try it crashes when I try to Create Menus (using a template). I've created many DVDs using this great tool, but I now I need to make a DVD with scene menus. The crash I get is in:
adobe premier elements.exe AppVer 4.0.0.0 MonName dvdcreator.dll ModVer 4.0.0.0 Offset 0006d14d
I would be happy to create scene menus in any way. My movie timeline has both video and stills, and I've defined two scene markers (but no menu markers). It seems that Adobe must have tested this function before they shipped the code, so I suspect there is a procedure that works. Has anyone successfully done this? I'd very much appreciate knowing how you did it!
I updated the Adobe software using the Adobe updater, so I do not think there is a released fix for my problem. Since my version isn't the current one, I don't think that that Adobe support will help. I had a similar experience with my previous vendor of moving-making software. That time I purchased the current version only to discover that the show-stopping bug was present in the new version. I felt silly for investing in the upgrate, and I switched to Adobe's products because I thought that they were a more reputable company. Up to now, their software has worked pretty well. If I can not find a way around this problem however, I fear that I'll have to abondon Adobe and start using Apple's products. I have a soft spot in my heart (for PC-based software) but not a soft spot in my head!
Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on this vexing problem
Jim

Hey Steve -- Brilliant. I think you nailed it. I'm working on a older PC. It's a 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 with 2 GB or RAM running Windows XP SP 3. There are 17 GB of defragmented free disk space (which took hours to defragment). Although Premier Elements is the only program running, it still can crashes as soon as I select a menu template and click Apply.
The reason that I think your answer is correct is that I ran the same version of Premier Elements on my office laptop: 2.2 GHz Duo core T7500 with 2 GM of RAM and 72 GB free disk. I was able to apply a menu template on a much more complicated DVD project without any problems. It appears that my older home PC does not have the horsepower for this feature.
So you not only diagnosed my problem, you renewed my faith in Adobe. Now I'll upgrade to a hotter PC instead of jumping to a Mac. I've never liked the proprietary HW and SW strategy that Apple rams down our throats. I bought my first Apple device this year: an iPod Touch. Lovely little device, but I was flabbergasted that I would have to jailbreak the SW to be able to copy MP3 files onto it with anything other than Apple's own iTunes program. And they've jiggered it somehow to prevent tethering it in the States with a cell phone via Bluetooth. Makes me think that my ex-wife must be on the board... a chilling thought to be sure.
But Adobe makes great photograhic SW for both PC and Mac. The reason my home PC has only 17 GB free is that I have more than 12,000 digital photos online. All taged and deftly managed and optimized with Photoshop Elements. Nice.
Thanks for your help Steve -- Jim

How to create menus for a particular file

Hello all,
can anyone solve my problem really i am totally fed up for writing logic for the following file ,
what iam doing is i have a file like this
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aaa.clock=/usr/sbin/clock
sss.jot=/user/pmsdev/bin/jot
sss.netscape=/usr/BIN/netscape
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means for ex: *bbb.ggg.mmm=/usr/sbin/clock[*[B]bbb is the submenu of ggg which is the submenu of mmm ,so when i click on mmm i will get the value usr/sbin/clockso i have splitted on *"="* and i have used maps to store key value,this is ok,but how to create the menu structure for all how to compare one with other,please help me iam using swings for this.please help me.
Edited by: 1-ewqsfd on Sep 30, 2007 2:11 AM

Hello all,
can anyone solve my problem really i am totally fed up for writing logic for the following file ,
what iam doing is i have a file like this
aaa.mmm.ggg=/aaa/bbb
aaa.clock=/usr/sbin/clock
sss.jot=/user/pmsdev/bin/jot
sss.netscape=/usr/BIN/netscape
sss.nnn.gg=/gg/ss
sss.nnn.yy=/usr/sbin/clock
bbb.xclock=/usr/bin/X11/xclock
bbb.ggg.mmm=/usr/sbin/clock
bbb.ggg.kkk=/jjj/jjj
bbb.ggg.kkk.xxx=/ggg/mmm
bbb.hhh.pp=/ss/a
bbb.zz=/Zmm/vvv
vvv=/ddd/ddd
for this i have to create menus and coresponding submenus,
means for ex: *bbb.ggg.mmm=/usr/sbin/clock[*[B]bbb is the submenu of ggg which is the submenu of mmm ,so when i click on mmm i will get the value usr/sbin/clockso i have splitted on *"="* and i have used maps to store key value,this is ok,but how to create the menu structure for all how to compare one with other,please help me iam using swings for this.please help me.
Edited by: 1-ewqsfd on Sep 30, 2007 2:11 AM

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Creating Menus
hi,
having problems creating menus in j2me.
Found alot of code around using MenuElements, lists and all sorts of things.
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Or is there a better way to do this?
Is will be quick a simple menu as you can see.
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Will look through the tech tips
Just one more question. The menu itself doesnt need to be drawn to the screen at all? i am using the getSelectedIndex now anyway need to integrate it into our current program get it to run either the menu or the game from the main.
Should of done the menu earlier alot of hassle at this late stage.
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Creating multiple Threads in applets

Hi, I need some help creating multiple threads in applets. If you look at the simple code example below you�ll see that it uses one thread that calls the findTarg() method that gives its sleep() a value and makes the oval find its new target.
What I want to know is how do I create a new thread in this applet? � So for example I could call a findTarg2() method from within a new thread that sets its sleep() to a faster or slower value and starts at the same time as findTarg().
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I've found another example and this time it extends JApplet. I'm sorry I can't help you more, but I'm new as well.
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import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
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threads = new Thread[ SIZE ];
suspended = new boolean[ SIZE ];
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checkboxes[ i ].addActionListener( this );
c.add( checkboxes[ i ] );
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(int) ( Math.random() * 26 ) );
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I am confused on how to create methods in an applet. I know how to create them in an application. However, if an applet, do you create the methods in the Class Header, after the init() method, or the paint (Graphics g) method.
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xPos = e.getX() and yPos = e.getY(). Is there any way of doing the same thing using mouseDown.
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first_matrix[closest_point_PT1][closest_point_PT2] = true;
repaint();
I then need to be able to use this as a matrix to do calculatoins on. Any help on this matter would be good.
Thanks
KP

No matter what mouse event you use, you should be able to get the X,Y of the hit. You can then feed that into your app and draw a line between the two.

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