Quick Applet Issue

[MaxHardcastle]

Hi,

I just started using Eclipse, and when I create an application in Java3D it shows up just fine and dandy running as an application, but when I go to run it as an Applet, it shows a grey box. Is that a common issue? How can I fix it...

I am remembering now that I tried creating an Applet that says "hello world" which also did not work at all (following a tutorial). The code was:

import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class HelloWorldApplet extends Applet
{
   public void paint (Graphics g)
   {
      g.drawString ("Hello World", 25, 50);
   }
}

It is from this tutorial: Java Applets Basic Tutorial

Am I doing something wrong? I am on an Ubuntu machine and I'm using OpenJDK 6 and 7 (both installed... not sure why). Java applets all over the internet work... Facebook, RuneScape, etc.

Thanks!

[Norm]

Am I doing something wrong?

Probably. Are there any messages in the browser's java console? What does the HTML page have in it that calls the applet code? Where is the applet's class file?

[DarrylBurke]

Please go through the Forum Rules -- particularly the third paragraph.

db

[MaxHardcastle]

Okay, I'm not actually using a browser but rather I'm choosing "Run as Applet" in Eclipse. Should I use an html document to run all my applets? I remember trying that and getting an "iced tea crashed" or something similar. I was using Firefox&Chrome (tried both & got same error). I'm not sure how to check the java console in the browser, but I will go and try the things you mentioned again: Start in browser, check console...

I'm unsure of what you mean by:

Where is the applet's class file?

Do you mean the file that contains java.applet? I have no idea where it is! Maybe I don't have it... that would be an obvious reason as to why it's not working, but I'm not getting any errors when I run it.

@db: How can I change the post-title? There doesn't seem to be an option... sorry about the confusion.

[Norm]

I'm unsure of what you mean by:

When you compile a java file successfully, the compiler creates one or more class files.

If you are using the IDE: Eclipse, I have no idea where it puts files and how it executes an applet's class file.
Try asking in the IDE forum:
Eclipse