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Applet not displaying properly

Hi,

I built an applet that used to work fine, but recently for some users the applet's GUI is not displaying properly. I attached applet1.jpg which is how it should appear and works for most people, and applet2.jpg is what few people see on their screen.

So far I found that
1. This happens whether applet runs internally or from the web
2. It happens on all browsers (tried on IE, Chrome), regardless of versions.
3. Complete uninstallation of JRE and reinstallation didn't fix.
4. Uninstallation/reinstallation of graphic driver, changing resolution didn't fix

Do you know what can possibly cause this problem? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
applet1.jpg
applet2.jpg

for_yan

what is the html, say contetnst of APPLET tag, which you use to display the applaet.
It looks like the difference is in the heiwght width alliocated to te appleat - do you specify it directly in the HTML ?

for_yan

>applet runs internally

what do you mean by this ?

shepp_it

ASKER

Yes, I specified the width as a part of HTML code (in JSP) <applet width="893" height="588" code="org.shepp.advmdr.JavaApplet" archive="ADVMDRApplet.jar">

"applet runs internally" I mean this happens for both when the applet is loaded from the web server or local internal test server

RodSingh

I would check if it is a certificate related issue where you would have to resign the jar file -- just a guess.

for_yan

Maybe you could try to sepcify width and height in % - maybe it would help

DO you emeann it used to open fine on the same machine, same browser - and now opens ion smaller window suddenly?

for_yan

You may try to use Object elmenet instead of Applet as applet is mopre and more consideerd deprectaed, maybe that would help

for_yan

check this:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/guide/plugin/developer_guide/using_tags.html

you probably want to run some investigation to understand what specific situations cause
these incorrect display and if it is browser independent (this is of course first thing which would come to mind when you think of the causes of such situation) then to try to understand at what point it suddenly starts happening

If you could post just GUI part of your code, I could try to run it in y browsers and see how it looks

shepp_it

ASKER

I use NetBeans IDE to built the applet, and if I use
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
for the window theme. I have another example that causes the same problem. here is the snippet of code:

package org.me.hello;

import java.io.*;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
/**
*
* @author spark
*/
public class MyApplet extends javax.swing.JApplet {

/** Initializes the applet MyApplet */
public void init() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
//UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel");
} catch (Exception e) {
// Just accept the default L&F
}
try {
java.awt.EventQueue.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
initComponents();
//getContentPane().setBackground(Color.white);
}
});
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
...

and uses followings html

<%@page contentType="text/html" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>JSP Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Applet and Servlet Communication</h1>
<applet width="500" height="350" code="org.me.hello.MyApplet" archive="JavaApplet.jar"/>
</body>
</html>

for_yan

I will still need the actual UI contents
if I want to play with it

shepp_it

ASKER

Ok here is the entire java code for applet part. I also attched a screenshot on my computer which displays properly and another computer where it doesn't. Applet width is around 500px.

/*
* To change this template, choose Tools | Templates
* and open the template in the editor.
*/

/*
* MyApplet.java
*
* Created on May 21, 2010, 11:20:52 AM
*/

package org.me.hello;

import java.io.*;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
import java.util.Vector;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
/**
*
* @author spark
*/
public class MyApplet extends javax.swing.JApplet {

/** Initializes the applet MyApplet */
public void init() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (Exception e) {
// Just accept the default L&F
}
try {
java.awt.EventQueue.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
initComponents();
//getContentPane().setBackground(Color.white);
}
});
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}

/** This method is called from within the init() method to
* initialize the form.
* WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is
* always regenerated by the Form Editor.
*/
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
// <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">
private void initComponents() {

jPanel1 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
jLabel1 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
myTF = new javax.swing.JTextField();
btSubmit = new javax.swing.JButton();
jScrollPane1 = new javax.swing.JScrollPane();
myTA = new javax.swing.JTextArea();
jPanel2 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
jButton1 = new javax.swing.JButton();

jLabel1.setText("What is your name?");

btSubmit.setText("Submit");
btSubmit.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
btSubmitActionPerformed(evt);
}
});

myTA.setColumns(20);
myTA.setRows(5);
jScrollPane1.setViewportView(myTA);

javax.swing.GroupLayout jPanel1Layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(jPanel1);
jPanel1.setLayout(jPanel1Layout);
jPanel1Layout.setHorizontalGroup(
jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addContainerGap()
.addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addComponent(jLabel1)
.addGap(18, 18, 18)
.addComponent(myTF, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 129, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addComponent(btSubmit))
.addComponent(jScrollPane1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 313, Short.MAX_VALUE))
.addContainerGap())
);
jPanel1Layout.setVerticalGroup(
jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addContainerGap()
.addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(jLabel1)
.addComponent(myTF, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addComponent(btSubmit))
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
.addComponent(jScrollPane1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 179, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addContainerGap(107, Short.MAX_VALUE))
);

jButton1.setText("jButton1");

javax.swing.GroupLayout jPanel2Layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(jPanel2);
jPanel2.setLayout(jPanel2Layout);
jPanel2Layout.setHorizontalGroup(
jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addContainerGap()
.addComponent(jButton1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 109, Short.MAX_VALUE)
.addContainerGap())
);
jPanel2Layout.setVerticalGroup(
jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addContainerGap()
.addComponent(jButton1)
.addContainerGap(292, Short.MAX_VALUE))
);

javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
layout.setHorizontalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addContainerGap()
.addComponent(jPanel2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
.addComponent(jPanel1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
.addContainerGap(javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
);
layout.setVerticalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addContainerGap()
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addComponent(jPanel2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
.addComponent(jPanel1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addContainerGap())
);
}// </editor-fold>

private void btSubmitActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
// TODO add your handling code here:
}

// Variables declaration - do not modify
private javax.swing.JButton btSubmit;
private javax.swing.JButton jButton1;
private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel1;
private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel1;
private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel2;
private javax.swing.JScrollPane jScrollPane1;
private javax.swing.JTextArea myTA;
private javax.swing.JTextField myTF;
// End of variables declaration

}
applet4.jpg
applet5.jpg

for_yan

But you didn't provide any 500x100 picture and I didn't seem to see provision for it in the code. Other than that, when I make sure I have sufficiently wide window, say:

<html>
    <head>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
        <title>JSP Page</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <h1>Applet and Servlet Communication</h1>
        <applet width="500" height="500" code="MyApplet" />
    </body>
</html>

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I have no problems with the applet - it shows both in IE and Firefox with full view.

shepp_it

ASKER

I don't have this problem either. Most people don't. But for some people it doesn't display correctly.

for_yan

Still, I would increase the height and width values on your HTML page with the applet
and ask those people who experonce it if they see any difference

shepp_it

ASKER

Increasing the height and width didn't work. I think this is a problem with the computer not the applet. I found that it doesn't display GUI component correctly even when I try to run a standard java desktop application. it works fine on other computers.

for_yan

so you mean it does not resize JFrame when you specify dimensions in Java application ?

Maybe yyou need to reinstall java there ?

shepp_it

ASKER

I reinstalled java but it didn't fix the problem. I'm wondering if this is something to do with hardware now, maybe raphic card or RAM. Still searching for an answer...

for_yan

If you are saying that this affects not only applets but any java applications, one thing I would create a simple java application-test which illustrates the issue
application is a much better test, as it is not related to any browser, etc.
Then really compare if all those cases where it runs incorrectly have the same graphics card.
This seems strange to me, as I never herad anything of the kind, but there are so many werd things.
But I'd start with having the simplese possible application which couild illustrate the difference.

shepp_it

ASKER

I can't narrow down the problem any further. One thing I noticed is though, two people who are having this problem use browser with higher zoom setting than 100%. Maybe this affected GUI resolution or calibration of pixel size? I know it makes no sense but anything can happen in Windows I think.

Another possible reason I can think of is, maybe java code generated by GUI builder in NetBeans aren't stable or this conflicts with other setting.

Have you ever heard of any issue with above two situation?

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for_yan

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