help with this bit of applet code

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But it would be better to do

urlLabel.setText(link);

after setting a 'dummy' test first

if you want to use the same label then use:

public void displaylinks()
{
try{
while (rs.next())
{
System.out.println(link);
link = rs.getString("links");
urlLabel.setText(link);
}

}catch (Exception e){System.out.println(e.getMessage());}
}

>>after setting a 'dummy' test first

sorry - that should have said

after setting a 'dummy' text first

>>if you want to use the same label then use:

(already mentioned)

to add each link to a new label use something like:

Panel p = new Panel(new GridLayout(4, 1));
public void init() {
panel.add( searchTextField);
panel.add( searchButton );
panel.add(urlLabel);
add(panel);
}

public void displaylinks()
{
try{
while (rs.next())
{
System.out.println(link);
link = rs.getString("links");
Label l = new Label(link);
panel.add(l);
validate();
repaint();
}

}catch (Exception e){System.out.println(e.getMessage());}
}

ASKER

setText works but i have a lot of links to display but it only display one of them, will i have to set more labels or is there a better solution to stop the over ridding ?

can you specify coordinates for labels like you could for g.drawString

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> setText works but i have a lot of links to display but it only display one of them,
> will i have to set more labels or is there a better solution to stop the over ridding ?

See the other two alternatives I suggested.

ASKER

below is my bit code the repaint doesnt seem to work as when i try a new search the old results remains there which shouldnt.
I want to display the results one below each other like most search engines like google i m currently doin this by having a Gridlayout of 100,1 is there a more effective soution?

Finally i m currently running this command using "appletviewer applet.html" which works fine but when i actually open the html page the i see the search field and a button but the background is all gray and the results doesnt get displayed can someone help

Panel p = new Panel(new GridLayout(2, 1));
Panel p2 = new Panel(new GridLayout(100, 1));
public void init() {
panel.add( searchTextField);
panel.add( searchButton );

add(p);
add(p2);
}

public boolean action(Event e, Object arg) {
if (e.target instanceof Button)
      displayResults();
      repaint();
      return true;
            }

public void displaylinks()
{
try{
while (rs.next())
{
System.out.println(link);
link = rs.getString("links");
Label l = new Label(link);
p2.add(l);
validate();
repaint();
}

}catch (Exception e){System.out.println(e.getMessage());}
}

Rather than adding labels or dispaying a List, both of which could distort your gui if you have many of them, use a Choice like this. You can compile this and then run it with appletviewer thus

appletviewer AppletLabels.java

SNIP==============================================

/*
* <applet codebase="." code="AppletLabels.class" width="300" height="300">
* </applet>
*/
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class AppletLabels extends Applet implements ItemListener {
      Panel panel;
      TextField searchTextField;
      Button searchButton;
      Label urlLabel;
      Choice urls;

      public void init() {
            panel = new Panel(new GridLayout(4, 1));
            searchTextField = new TextField("Search");
            panel.add(searchTextField);
            searchButton = new Button("Search");
            urlLabel = new Label("Link");
            urls = new Choice();
            urls.addItemListener(this);
            panel.add(searchButton);
            panel.add(urls);
            add(panel);
            displayLinks();

      }

      private void displayLinks() {
            String[] links = {"AAAAAA", "BBBBBBBBBB", "CCCCCCCC"};
            for (int i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {
                  urls.add(links[i]);
            }
      }

      public void navigate(String url) {
            // Navigate to it really!
            System.out.println(url);
      }

      public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
            if (e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED) {
                  String url = (String)urls.getSelectedItem();
                  navigate(url);
            }
      }

}

ASKER

i tried out your code CEHJ i found it kind of weird using the choice

rather than doing this

Label l = new Label(link);

how can i replace the old label result with a new result using the same Label l

How many links are you going to have?

ASKER

could be quite a lot from 20 to hundred

i would like to display the results like what most search engines would do, like google for example if its possible

Using Labels in this way is not really advisable as it forces the gui to lay itself out again and reduces your control over it. You'd be better off using the Combo

ASKER

Combo could be option but i may want to add more details into the result such as a snippet of what the link contains or an heading and that might lool weird on a Combo.

> You'd be better off using the Combo

A combo is basically the same as a list, it offers no advantages in this situation.
In fact may be less desirable.

Did u try my suggestions yet?

ASKER

i have tried your suggestions objects

it works but when i enter a new search the old results remains there along with the new search results thats why i asked

rather than doing this

Label l = new Label(link);

how can i replace the old label result with a new result using the same Label l

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