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12.3 Including Applets for the Java Plug In

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Listing 12.10 ShadowedTextApplet.java 

package coreservlets;

import java.awt.*;

import javax.swing.*;

import java.awt.event.*;

/** Applet interface to the ShadowedTextFrame

 *  class. Requires Swing and Java 2D.

 */

public class ShadowedTextApplet extends JApplet

                                implements ActionListener {

  private JTextField messageField;

  private JComboBox fontBox;

  private JSlider fontSizeSlider;

  private JButton showFrameButton;

  public void init() {

    WindowUtilities.setNativeLookAndFeel();

    Color bgColor = new Color(0xFD, 0xF5, 0xE6);

    Font font = new Font("Serif", Font.PLAIN, 16);

    Container contentPane = getContentPane();

    contentPane.setLayout(new GridLayout(4, 1));

    contentPane.setBackground(bgColor);

    // Use a JTextField to gather the text for the message.

    // If the MESSAGE parameter is in the HTML,

    // use it as the initial value of this text field.

    messageField = new JTextField(20);

    String message = getParameter("MESSAGE");

    if (message != null) {

      messageField.setText(message);

    }

    JPanel messagePanel =

      new LabelPanel("Message:", "Message to Display",

                     bgColor, font, messageField);

    contentPane.add(messagePanel);

    // Use a JComboBox to let users choose any

    // font available on their system.

    GraphicsEnvironment env =

      GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();

    String[] fontNames = env.getAvailableFontFamilyNames();

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