Angela Lamb

Didn't your first post say you were trying to sort an array of integers? What does the code you posted have to do with sorting?
Anyway, here is one way to count the number of times that a letter occurs in a sentence:
String s1 = "This is a test sentence."; String letter = "e"; char searchChar = letter.charAt(0); int count = 0; for (int i = 0; i < (s1.length() - 1); i++) { if (searchChar == s1.charAt(i)) count++; }

Use the getSelectedFile method instead. It will return a directory if that is what is selected. You can also use setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY) to ensure that only directories may be selected.

http://java.sun.com/docs/codeconv/html/CodeConvTOC.doc.html

Your listener class is choosing the action based on the action command of the button, but you never set this property for the toolbar buttons. Add these lines to your addToolbarButtons method and it will work:
jbutton.setActionCommand("Change User/Login");
jbutton.setActionCommand("Disconnect");

The "border" is showing up because your overridden paint method isn't written correctly. The background for the panel is never being changed. Just take the paint method out and add this line to your constructor:
this.setBackground(bg);
There's no need to override the paint method if the only thing you need to do is change the background.
Also, to explain why your paint method is not working - the setColor method of the Graphics object doesn't do anything other than setting the color for future painting. To actually paint the background, you would need to use something like the fillRect method.
[ June 04, 2002: Message edited by: Angela Lamb ]

Use the getLineOfOffset(int�offset) function. The offset parameter will be the position of the '{' within your text.

Did you try using getBorderInsets(Component c) on your TitledBorder?

I think you are looking for something like this:
class Uno { public void method() { } } public class Dos { public static void main(String args[]) { Class u = Class.forName("Uno"); Uno uno = u.newInstance(); uno.method(); } }
The object passed back by Class.forName is not actually an Uno, you need to use the newInstance method to create a new Uno object.

String fName = "some_filename";
File file = new File(fName);
FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(file);

If you change your GridLayout to a GridBagLayout, then you could add your textfields and buttons directly to the background panel without them being resized. I think that would be a lot easier than trying to make a transparent panel.

You can use the setMargin function for this.
JTextField textField = new JTextField("test");
textField.setMargin(new Insets(10, 10, 10, 10));

All you need to do is use the setMnemonic function on your two menus. What exactly are you having problems with?

The enable method is deprecated as of version 1.1 - that's why it no longer works correctly. It has been replaced by the setEnabled method.

Here is your problem:
public void menuItemAction(ActionEvent evt ) { cutMenuItem.enable(true); } // menuItemAction
enable(true) needs to be changed to setEnabled(true)

Try this instead:
textArea.setCaretPosition(selStart.intValue());
textArea.moveCaretPosition(selEnd.intValue());
I think the setSelectionStart and setSelectionEnd methods will only work if there is already some text selected.