Um, if you're talking about Scribble.java from _Java in a Nutshell_ I
think you're supposed to draw "Hello World" (plus a flower) yourself
after you start the Applet.
On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Gu Jian wrote:
> Hi, everyone,
>
> I installed JDK117_v1a for linux(Red Hat 5.2, intel) yesterday,
> and I got the "Hello, World!" printed on the screen, pretty exciting,
> wasn't it? But when I tested the simplest Applet which was supposed to
> draw another "Hello, World" on screen, I had no luck. Appletviewer did not
> complain, and it also did not draw anything, yet it still displayed
> "Applet running" in the status line at the bottom of Appletviewer window.
> I tried netscape, different window managers, still no luck. Can someone
> out there tell me what might be wrong? any response is highly appreciated.
>
>
> Gu Jian
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> Kansas State University
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