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Please, I beg you, read the Javadoc on the class you are asking about:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/index.html
Have you looked for an answer in Suns training documentation, tutorials and Java specification?
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/infodocs/
Post your code so that it is readable:
http://forum.java.sun.com/faq.jsp#messageformat
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Tips for using the Forum - please read

I saw this posted on another forum and thought it might help people here understand how to use the Forum and get more benefit from being here:
Forum Tip: to reply to a post, please use the "Reply" button next to the message (the arrow button, second from the left), not the "Reply to the Original Message in this Topic" link.
Forum Tip: if you have a problem and would like the best personal attention from experienced forum members do not Hi- Jack someone else's post in an attempt to solve your own problem..... start your own topic.... on the surface a lot of problems appear exactly the same..... they very seldom are.... by all means add to someone else's thread but do not use it as a means of solving your own problem.
Forum Tip: try and describe your problem in your topic heading..... things like 'HELP' are useless.... many good people may pass your post without reading it.... and please, please supply vital info..... what computer, system, application.... version of.... what have you done to fix the problem..... give a full description of the problem and no SHOUTING or bumping allowed.
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* TabbedPaneDemo.java requires one additional file:
*   images/middle.gif.
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import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
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     * this method should be invoked from
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        //Create and set up the window.
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        frame.add(new TabbedPaneDemo(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
        //Display the window.
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
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        //creating and showing this application's GUI.
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package components;
* SimpleTableDemo.java requires no other files.
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
public class SimpleTableDemo extends JPanel {
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    public SimpleTableDemo() {
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                                "Vegetarian"};
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            {"Mary", "Campione",
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        if (DEBUG) {
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                public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
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     * this method should be invoked from the
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        //Create and set up the window.
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        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                createAndShowGUI();
}

Before I did what you suggested, which I appreciate your input, I wanted to run the code first.
I tried to run the SimpleTableDemo and received the following error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: SimpleTableDemo (wrong name: componets/SimpleTableDemo)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader...
there are several more lines but as I was typing them out I thought that maybe the code is not written to run it in the command window. The errors seem to be around the ClassLoader. Is that correct? On the SUN example page when you launch the program a Java Web Start runs. So does this mean that the code is designed to only run in WebStart?

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Good day!
This is a user to user Forum, so you are not really addressing Adobe here, even though some Adobe employees thankfully have been dropping by. (edit: Actually they are more likely to frequent the regular Photoshop Forum.)
Regards,
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