ScreenSaver example

Please post your code so far

// API's to be used in this program
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class ScreenSaver extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{
    // Sets up the title bar
    public ScreenSaver()
    {        
        super("Orlando's ScreenSaver");
       
        setSize(433, 330);
        setVisible(true);
    }
   
    public void ReDrawLines()
    {
        Timer timer = new Timer(1000, this);
        timer.start();
    }
   
    public void paint(Graphics g)
    {
        super.paint(g);
       
       ReDrawLines();  
       
       //for (int i = 1; i <= 1000; i++)
      g.setColor(Color.black);
      g.drawLine(23, 5, -13, 70);
     
     
    }
   
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
    {      
      repaint();
    }
   
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
       
        ScreenSaver app = new ScreenSaver();
       
        app.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);      
       
    }
}

are you wanting to draw the 100 lines on the screen at the same time? or one at a time. Also are you wanting to make them appear in different positions?

You wouldn't call ReDrawLines (method names should start with lower case letter btw) in paint. Simply start the timer at the end of the constructor. Aren't you meant to be drawing lines progressively down the canvas?

I want the lines to print diagonally from the left corner one at a time, then after the last line is created, the screen is cleared and the process occurs again.  The user will stop the program simply by closing this application.

Usually the best way to go about something like this is to use Double Buffering, its fairly simple and reduces screen flicker, Also implementing the Runnable interface is also used for most type of games written in Java.

Try this:
// API's to be used in this program
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class ScreenSaver extends JFrame implements Runnable
{
     int i = 0;
     Image offscreenImage;
     Graphics offscr;
     Thread t;

   public ScreenSaver()
   {        
       super("Orlando's ScreenSaver");
       
       setSize(433, 330);
       setVisible(true);
       
       //Creates double buffering to reduce flickering
       offscreenImage = this.createImage(433, 330);
       offscr = offscreenImage.getGraphics();
       
       t = new Thread(this);
       t.start();
   }

   public void run()
   {
       
     while(true)
     {
        i = i+10;
       
        try
        {
          //higher number longer it pauses 1000 = 1 sec
          t.sleep(250);    
        }
        catch(InterruptedException ie)
        {}
        repaint();
    }
   }
   
   public void paint(Graphics g)
   {
     
     offscr.setColor(Color.black);
     offscr.drawLine(0, 10 + i, 10 + i, 0);    
     
     //when the lines are greater than the window size - reset
     if(i > this.size().width)//the greater value between width and height
          {
               i = 0;
               offscreenImage.flush();    
               offscreenImage = this.createImage(this.size().width,this.size().height);
               offscr.dispose();
               offscr = offscreenImage.getGraphics();
          }
 
     g.drawImage(offscreenImage, 0, 0, this);
   }

   public void update(Graphics g)
   {
         paint(g);
   }
   
   public static void main(String args[])
   {
       
       ScreenSaver app = new ScreenSaver();
       
       app.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);      
       
   }
}

Even though a screen saver isnt a game it still uses some of the same principles.

Are there any books that you can recommend for Java?  At this time I am referring to the "Java How To Program" 4th Edition by Deitel & Deitel.  The book is okay but doesn't reinforce its concepts enough.  

Theres a textbook called Big Java that i hear is very good