Addin color to text, probs really simply, please help!!!

[soc86]

Hi all, im new to Java and would like to know how to add color to text, please help?

public class greetingApp extends JApplet {

public static void main(String args[]) {

System.out.println("Hi Peter" foreground.color.blue);
System.out.println("from Stuart to Peter");
System.out.println(" University");


}
}

[masijade]

You can't. Not in System.out calls (or any other PrintWriter/PrintStream calls). Which a quick look into the API would have told you.

Which you means you can't when printing to the console. If you have a JLabel, you can use some simple HTML markup.

[soc86]

Ok thank, how do us suggest i write it instead??

public class greetingApp extends JApplet {

public static void main(String args[]) {


System.out.println("from Stuart to Peter");


}
}

[masijade]

That depends on what it is you actually want to acheive.

[Norm]

A comment on your code as shown.
the main method has no special usage in an applet as it does in a normal app.
Are you writing an applet or a app?

[soc86]

ITs an applet.

[masijade]

Lesson: Applets (The Java™ Tutorials > Deployment)
How to Use HTML in Swing Components (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI with JFC/Swing > Using Swing Components)