HELP!!! Begginer working with a Swing Applet. DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRAW LINE

Question

Hi! I've been trying to draw a line in an applet and I can't. The thing is I'm using the tutorial to create the applet, so it comes with the standart methos and the standalone. I'm not sure if the problem is becausse I need to include in it a paint method or something.
What I'm trying to do is to connect the to blocks (they really are jButtons), with an arrow. Thanks!!!!!!!!!
Here's my code so far...// Copyright (c) 2000
package package14;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import oracle.jdeveloper.layout.*;
* Applet
* <P>
* @author Ana M Yanes Benatuil
public class Appletboxes extends JApplet {
boolean isStandalone = false;
XYLayout xYLayout1 = new XYLayout();
JButton jButton1 = new JButton();
JButton jButton2 = new JButton();
* Constructs a new instance.
* getParameter
* @param key
* @param def
* @return java.lang.String
public String getParameter(String key, String def) {
if (isStandalone) {
return System.getProperty(key, def);
if (getParameter(key) != null) {
return getParameter(key);
return def;
public Appletboxes() {
* Initializes the state of this instance.
* init
public void init() {
try {
jbInit();
catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
private void jbInit() throws Exception {
this.getContentPane().setLayout(xYLayout1);
this.setSize(new Dimension(836, 545));
jButton1.setText("jButton1");
jButton2.setText("jButton2");
jButton2.addMouseMotionListener(new java.awt.event.MouseMotionAdapter() {
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
jButton2_mouseDragged(e);
jButton1.addMouseMotionListener(new java.awt.event.MouseMotionAdapter() {
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
jButton1_mouseDragged(e);
this.getContentPane().add(jButton1, new XYConstraints(137, 120, 96, 45));
this.getContentPane().add(jButton2, new XYConstraints(452, 118, 96, 49));
* start
public void start() {
* stop
public void stop() {
* destroy
public void destroy() {
* getAppletInfo
* @return java.lang.String
public String getAppletInfo() {
return "Applet Information";
* getParameterInfo
* @return java.lang.String[][]
public String[][] getParameterInfo() {
return null;
* main
* @param args
public static void main(String[] args) {
Appletboxes applet = new Appletboxes();
applet.isStandalone = true;
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setTitle("Applet Frame");
frame.getContentPane().add(applet, BorderLayout.CENTER);
applet.init();
applet.start();
frame.setSize(400, 420);
Dimension d = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
frame.setLocation((d.width - frame.getSize().width) / 2, (d.height - frame.getSize().height) / 2);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() { public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) { System.exit(0); } });
static {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
void jButton1_mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
jButton1.setLocation(e.getX() + jButton1.getX() , e.getY() + jButton1.getY());
void jButton2_mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
jButton2.setLocation(e.getX() + jButton2.getX() , e.getY() + jButton2.getY());

Answer 1

The other thing is that the boxes can be dragged and dropped, so the lines would have to be moved too (if they're related to the moved blocks)