Problem printing JTable

Question

here is the code
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.sql.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.print.PrinterJob;
import java.awt.print.*;
// Java extension packages
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
class DisplayQueryResultsDOD extends JFrame implements Printable,ActionListener
ResultSetTableModelDOD tableModel;
JTextArea queryArea;
JTable resultTable;
// create ResultSetTableModel and GUI
DisplayQueryResultsDOD()
super( "Displaying Query Results" );
// Cloudscape database driver class name
String driver = "sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver";
// URL to connect to books database
String url = "jdbc:odbc:MyDataSource";
// query to select entire authors table
String query = "SELECT * FROM person";
// create ResultSetTableModel and display database table
     try
// create TableModel for results of query
// SELECT * FROM authors
          tableModel =
          new ResultSetTableModelDOD( driver, url, query );
// set up JTextArea in which user types queries
          queryArea = new JTextArea( query, 3, 100 );
          queryArea.setWrapStyleWord( true );
          queryArea.setLineWrap( true );
          JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane( queryArea,
          ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED,
          ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER );
// set up JButton for submitting queries
          JButton submitButton = new JButton( "Submit Query" );
// create Box to manage placement of queryArea and
Box box = Box.createHorizontalBox();
          box.add( scrollPane );
          box.add( submitButton );
// create JTable delegate for tableModel
          JTable resultTable = new JTable( tableModel );
// place GUI components on content pane
          Container c = getContentPane();
          c.add( box, BorderLayout.NORTH );
          c.add( new JScrollPane( resultTable ),
          BorderLayout.CENTER );
// create event listener for submitButton
          submitButton.addActionListener(
     new ActionListener()
     public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent e )
// perform a new query
     try
          tableModel.setQuery( queryArea.getText() );
// catch SQLExceptions that occur when
// performing a new query
     catch ( SQLException sqlException )
          JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null,sqlException.toString(),"Database error",JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE );
} // end actionPerformed
} // end ActionListener inner class
// set window size and display window
JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
     JMenu filemenu= new JMenu("File");
     JMenu submenux=new JMenu("Open");
     JMenuItem np=new JMenuItem("Launch Panel");
     submenux.add(np);
     //openmenuitem.addActionListener(this);
     submenux.setActionCommand("Open");
     submenux.setMnemonic('O');
     filemenu.add(submenux);
     menuBar.add(filemenu);
     JMenuItem printItem = new JMenuItem("Print");
     printItem.setMnemonic('P');
     filemenu.add(printItem);
     JMenuItem ExitItem = new JMenuItem("Exit");
ExitItem.setMnemonic('x');
     filemenu.add(ExitItem);
     JMenu viewmenu=new JMenu("View");
     JMenuItem repItem=new JMenuItem("Reports");
     JMenu submenu=new JMenu("sort by");
     submenu.add(new JMenuItem("Marital Status"));
submenu.add(new JMenuItem("Rank"));
     submenu.add(new JMenuItem("Tribe"));
     submenu.add(new JMenuItem("Educational Level"));
     viewmenu.add(submenu);
     menuBar.add(viewmenu);
     setJMenuBar(menuBar);
printItem.addActionListener(this);
     ExitItem.addActionListener
     new ActionListener()
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
System.exit(0);
setSize( 1500,900);
// setVisible( true );
} // end try
// catch ClassNotFoundException thrown by
// ResultSetTableModel if database driver not found
     catch ( ClassNotFoundException classNotFound )
     JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null,"Cloudscape driver not found", "Driver not found",JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE );
          System.exit( 1 ); // terminate application
// catch SQLException thrown by ResultSetTableModel
// if problems occur while setting up database
// connection and querying database
     catch ( SQLException sqlException )
     JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null,sqlException.toString(),"Database error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE );
     System.exit( 1 ); // terminate application
} // end DisplayQueryResults constructor
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
PrinterJob printJob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
printJob.setPrintable(this);
if (printJob.printDialog())
try
printJob.print();
catch (Exception ex)
ex.printStackTrace();
     public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat pf, int page) throws
PrinterException {
if (page > 0) { /* We have only one page, and 'page' is zero-based */
return NO_SUCH_PAGE;
/* User (0,0) is typically outside the imageable area, so we must
* translate by the X and Y values in the PageFormat to avoid clipping
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
g2d.translate(pf.getImageableX(), pf.getImageableY());
/* Now print the window and its visible contents */
resultTable.printAll(g);
/* tell the caller that this page is part of the printed document */
return PAGE_EXISTS;
// execute application
public static void main( String args[] )
DisplayQueryResultsDOD app = new DisplayQueryResultsDOD();
app.setDefaultCloseOperation( JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
} // end class DisplayQueryResults
I get an exception
pls help

Answer 1

I included this statement only to check if it would print or not, because before that I tried printing the table without setting the size. Anyway, when I tried the same code under Windows it worked fine. Talking about platform independent...:-)