Java First Applet

Question

import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
public class sample extends Applet
{
    String chr;
    public void init()
    {
            setBackground(Color.black);
            setForeground(Color.white);
            chr="Inside init() ---->";
    }
    public void start()
    {
            chr+="Inside start() ---->";
    }
    public void paint(Graphics g)
    {
            chr+="Inside paint() ---->";
            g.drawString(chr,10,0);
    }
}

** This is my first applet, and as i ran this on complier..it showed an error..."main method not found...declare it as..." I dont understand the problem as i had read that applets do not require main(). **

Answer 1

Try this.

public static void main(String[] args){
        sample x = new sample();
        x.init();
    }

Also the application would also run by just doing this

sample x = new sample();

It is only showing a blank applet. is that what you are trying to do?

I tried running this in eclipse.

Answer 2

A simple googling shows this

http://www.cs.colostate.edu/helpdocs/JavaInDOS.html