Help with Live Paint /CS2

Hi everybody
How do i fill a LivePaintGroup? I got the group, but the Bucket shows this black x, and nothing happens, no matter where i click. Also, i can't choose a swatch or your the color-toolbox to color (fill) it. Nothing happens.
This might sound like a simple thing, and i sure didn't expect it to give me that much trouble, but i'm getting really p*ssed here, and before i start poking peoples eyes out with my wacom-pen, i thought i'd try this forum... ;-)
Help! Pleeease!
Cheers
H.

They can change the gap size Edit>Live Paint>Gap Options. That does not seem to be the problem.
The only thing I can think of is that the layer is locked. But that would have a pencil symbol withe black line through it.

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I should have posted this hours ago. As soon as I did I found the answer. For anyone else with this problem, Select the image then, before using the Live Paint Bucket, select Object>Flatten Transparacy. Then, when you select the live paint bucket, it will ask for you to set the paths and after you do, it'll work just fine.

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import javax.media.*;
import javax.media.format.*;
import javax.media.protocol.*;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.sound.sampled.AudioInputStream;
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                  audioFormat = new AudioFormat(AudioFormat.ULAW,
                      8000.0,
                      8,
                      1,
                      Format.NOT_SPECIFIED,
                      AudioFormat.SIGNED,
                      8,
                      Format.NOT_SPECIFIED,
                      Format.byteArray);
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         return audioFormat;
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         Object outdata = buffer.getData();
         if (outdata == null || !(outdata.getClass() == Format.byteArray) ||
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     while (started) {
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              try {
               wait(1000);
              } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
          } // while
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              Thread.currentThread().sleep( 10 );
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import javax.media.protocol.*;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
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            if (started)
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            throw new java.lang.Error("DataSource must be connected before it can be started");
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          Class cls = Class.forName(controlType);
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          for (int i = 0; i < cs.length; i++) {
             if (cls.isInstance(cs))
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return null;
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     return duration;
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public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
scribblePanel.repaint();}});
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public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.exit(0);}});
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p.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(10));
ImageIcon tvIcon = new ImageIcon("tv.gif");
tvButton = new JButton("Television", tvIcon);
tvButton.setToolTipText("Click to add a Television in the picture!");
p.add(tvButton);
//tvButton = addJButton("Television", p);
p.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(10));
ImageIcon starIcon = new ImageIcon("star.gif");
starButton = new JButton("Star", starIcon);
starButton.setToolTipText("Click to add stars in the picture!");
p.add(starButton);
//starButton = addJButton("Star", p);
contentPane.add(p, "West");
scribblePanel = new ScribblePanel();
contentPane.add(scribblePanel, "Center");
private JButton addJButton(String text, Container container) {
JButton button = new JButton(text);
container.add(button);
return button;
private JRadioButton addJRadioButton(String text, boolean on, ButtonGroup group, Container container) {
JRadioButton button = new JRadioButton(text, on);
group.add(button);
container.add(button);
return button;
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
Object source = e.getSource();
if (source instanceof JMenuItem) {
String arg = e.getActionCommand();
if (arg.equals("Undo"))
scribblePanel.undo();
else if (arg.equals("New"))
scribblePanel.repaint();
else if (arg.equals("Quit"))
System.exit(0);
}

Hi,
try to implement the Interface MouseListener (or the corresponding MouseAdapter):
eg:
class DrawingToolFrame extends JFrame implements ActionListener, MouseListener{
//add a MouseListener to the component withing you would like to fetch the mouse-coordinates
yourPanel.addMouseListener(this);
//implement the five methods of the MouseListener
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent�e){}
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent�e){}
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent�e) {}
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent�e){}
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent�e){
e.getX(); //Coordinates of the mouse after releasing the button
e.getY();

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