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From: "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid>
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Subject: Re: should I use java.awt.* only or also use javax.swing in applets?
Date: Thu, 05 May 2011 12:16:01 -0400
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In article <h%kwp.57959$0s5.42695@newsfe17.iad>,
 Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> wrote:

[...]
> Don't hesitate to use JApplet and Swing components.  If a computer 
> will run an AWT Applet it will run a JApplet.  Remember though that 
> just like a Swing application, a JApplet must construct the GUI on 
> the Event Dispatch Thread.  There is a discussion of that on Sun's 
> tutorial website.
> 
> You can see a JApplet game here;
> 
> http://rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com/asteroids.html

Somehow I'd previously overlooked the need to construct the GUI on the 
EDT for JApplets. Thanks for the reminder!

<http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/applet/getStarted.html>

I've updated this old chestnut, accordingly:

<https://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews/subway>

-- 
John B. Matthews
trashgod at gmail dot com
<http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>