JAVA ASSISTANCE NEEDED IN DOING FIRST APPLET !

Question

Dear People,
Every time I try to clean up the errors,
I start a new project and the JBuilder gives each
new project a new name of course but it also carries over
the error messages from the previous project to the new
applet so trying to clean up the error messages is a
frustrating process.
The improved coding is below and the remaining messages
Thank you for your advice
Stan
package stan_event_makebox;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.applet.*;
import objectdraw.*; //imported library
public class myApplet extends Applet {
private boolean isStandalone = false;
//Get a parameter value
public String getParameter(String key, String def) {
return isStandalone ? System.getProperty(key, def) :
(getParameter(key) != null ? getParameter(key) : def);
//Construct the applet
public myApplet()
// Here is the coding that I need to put into the applet template.
// Change text color depending on whether mouse
// is up or down
public class MouseIndicator extends WindowController
private Text up, down;
public void begin()
up = new Text("UP",200,220,canvas);
down = new Text("DOWN",200,200,canvas);
up.setColor(Color.red);
down.setColor(Color.gray);
public void onMousePress(Location point)
down.setColor(Color.red);
up.setColor(Color.gray);
public void onMouseRelease(Location point)
up.setColor(Color.red);
down.setColor(Color.gray);
//Initialize the applet
public void init() {
try {
jbInit();
catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
//Component initialization
private void jbInit() throws Exception {
//Get Applet information
public String getAppletInfo() {
return "Applet Information";
//Get parameter info
public String[][] getParameterInfo() {
return null;
//Here are the error messages (its a mess)
"Applet3.java": Error #: 204 : illegal start of expression at line 23, column 2
"Applet3.java": Error #: 207 : not an expression statement at line 17, column 11
"Applet3.java": Error #: 202 : 'class' or 'interface' expected at line 54, column 11
"Applet2.java": Error #: 204 : illegal start of expression at line 25, column 2
"Applet2.java": Error #: 207 : not an expression statement at line 16, column 10
"Applet2.java": Error #: 204 : illegal start of expression at line 26, column 2
"Applet2.java": Error #: 206 : malformed expression at line 25, column 2
"Applet2.java": Error #: 204 : illegal start of expression at line 28, column 2
"Applet2.java": Error #: 206 : malformed expression at line 26, column 2
"Applet1.java": Error #: 204 : illegal start of expression at line 23, column 2
"Applet1.java": Error #: 207 : not an expression statement at line 17, column 11
"Applet1.java": Error #: 202 : 'class' or 'interface' expected at line 54, column 11
"Applet1.java": Error #: 202 : 'class' or 'interface' expected at line 75, column 1
"myApplet.java": Error #: 204 : illegal start of expression at line 21, column 1
"myApplet.java": Error #: 207 : not an expression statement at line 16, column 10

Answer 1

If you code it yourself, instead of using some massively complexifying IDE, you could probably do it in about 20-30 lines. Heck, I'll do it right here (but watch out for typos, I'm notorious for them):
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class ColorChanger
extends java.applet.Applet
    private Color upC = Color.red;
    private Color downC = Color.blue;
    private Label text = new Label("No input yet");
    private String upT = "UP";
    private String downT = "DOWN";
    public ColorChanger()
        add(text);
        text.setSize(text.getPreferredSize());
        text.addMouseListener(
            new MouseAdapter()
                public void mousePressed(MouseEvent me)
                    text.setText(downT);
                    text.setForegroundColor(downC);
                public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent me)
                    text.setText(upT);
                    text.setForegroundColor(upC);
}The ony reason I did that for you is because I hate IDEs!
-Tim
P.S. No guarantees on whether or not it works. I didn't bother to look up the correct method names...