Got any line-Art applet code?

Hi everyone! I'm new to java and wondering if anyone could share some code with me. In Visual Basic the following code draws lines using the mousemove event. How can I do this using java:

Private Sub Form_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
Line (CurrentX, CurrentY)-(X, Y)
End Sub

Thanks in advance,
Joey O.

try this - it's one of the Java2 v1.2.1 demo applets:

Code:

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/*
 * @(#)DrawTest.java        1.6 98/07/07
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import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;

import java.util.Vector;

public class DrawTest extends Applet{
    DrawPanel panel;
    DrawControls controls;

    public void init() {
        setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        panel = new DrawPanel();
        controls = new DrawControls(panel);
        add("Center", panel);
        add("South",controls);
    }

    public void destroy() {
        remove(panel);
        remove(controls);
    }

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        Frame f = new Frame("DrawTest");
        DrawTest drawTest = new DrawTest();
        drawTest.init();
        drawTest.start();

        f.add("Center", drawTest);
        f.setSize(300, 300);
        f.show();
    }
    public String getAppletInfo() {
        return "A simple drawing program.";
    }
}

class DrawPanel extends Panel implements MouseListener, MouseMotionListener {
    public static final int LINES = 0;
    public static final int POINTS = 1;
    int          mode = LINES;
    Vector lines = new Vector();
    Vector colors = new Vector();
    int x1,y1;
    int x2,y2;
    int xl, yl;

    public DrawPanel() {
        setBackground(Color.white);
        addMouseMotionListener(this);
        addMouseListener(this);
    }

    public void setDrawMode(int mode) {
        switch (mode) {
          case LINES:
          case POINTS:
            this.mode = mode;
            break;
          default:
            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
        }
    }


    public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
        e.consume();
        switch (mode) {
            case LINES:
                xl = x2;
                yl = y2;
                x2 = e.getX();
                y2 = e.getY();
                break;
            case POINTS:
            default:
                colors.addElement(getForeground());
                lines.addElement(new Rectangle(x1, y1, e.getX(), e.getY()));
                x1 = e.getX();
                y1 = e.getY();
                break;
        }
        repaint();
    }

    public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
    }

    public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
        e.consume();
        switch (mode) {
            case LINES:
                x1 = e.getX();
                y1 = e.getY();
                x2 = -1;
                break;
            case POINTS:
            default:
                colors.addElement(getForeground());
                lines.addElement(new Rectangle(e.getX(), e.getY(), -1, -1));
                x1 = e.getX();
                y1 = e.getY();
                repaint();
                break;
        }
    }

    public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
        e.consume();
        switch (mode) {
            case LINES:
                colors.addElement(getForeground());
                lines.addElement(new Rectangle(x1, y1, e.getX(), e.getY()));
                x2 = xl = -1;
                break;
            case POINTS:
            default:
                break;
        }
        repaint();
    }

    public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
    }

    public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {
    }

    public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
    }

    public void paint(Graphics g) {
        int np = lines.size();

        /* draw the current lines */
        g.setColor(getForeground());
        g.setPaintMode();
        for (int i=0; i < np; i++) {
            Rectangle p = (Rectangle)lines.elementAt(i);
            g.setColor((Color)colors.elementAt(i));
            if (p.width != -1) {
                g.drawLine(p.x, p.y, p.width, p.height);
            } else {
                g.drawLine(p.x, p.y, p.x, p.y);
            }
        }
        if (mode == LINES) {
            g.setXORMode(getBackground());
            if (xl != -1) {
                /* erase the last line. */
                g.drawLine(x1, y1, xl, yl);
            }
            g.setColor(getForeground());
            g.setPaintMode();
            if (x2 != -1) {
                g.drawLine(x1, y1, x2, y2);
            }
        }
    }
}


class DrawControls extends Panel implements ItemListener {
    DrawPanel target;

    public DrawControls(DrawPanel target) {
        this.target = target;
        setLayout(new FlowLayout());
        setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        target.setForeground(Color.red);
        CheckboxGroup group = new CheckboxGroup();
        Checkbox b;
        add(b = new Checkbox(null, group, false));
        b.addItemListener(this);
        b.setForeground(Color.red);
        add(b = new Checkbox(null, group, false));
        b.addItemListener(this);
        b.setForeground(Color.green);
        add(b = new Checkbox(null, group, false));
        b.addItemListener(this);
        b.setForeground(Color.blue);
        add(b = new Checkbox(null, group, false));
        b.addItemListener(this);
        b.setForeground(Color.pink);
        add(b = new Checkbox(null, group, false));
        b.addItemListener(this);
        b.setForeground(Color.orange);
        add(b = new Checkbox(null, group, true));
        b.addItemListener(this);
        b.setForeground(Color.black);
        target.setForeground(b.getForeground());
        Choice shapes = new Choice();
        shapes.addItemListener(this);
        shapes.addItem("Lines");
        shapes.addItem("Points");
        shapes.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
        add(shapes);
    }

    public void paint(Graphics g) {
        Rectangle r = getBounds();
        g.setColor(Color.lightGray);
        g.draw3DRect(0, 0, r.width, r.height, false);

        int n = getComponentCount();
        for(int i=0; i<n; i++) {
            Component comp = getComponent(i);
            if (comp instanceof Checkbox) {
                Point loc = comp.getLocation();
                Dimension d = comp.getSize();
                g.setColor(comp.getForeground());
                g.drawRect(loc.x-1, loc.y-1, d.width+1, d.height+1);
            }
        }
    }

  public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
    if (e.getSource() instanceof Checkbox) {
      target.setForeground(((Component)e.getSource()).getForeground());
    } else if (e.getSource() instanceof Choice) {
      String choice = (String) e.getItem();
      if (choice.equals("Lines")) {
        target.setDrawMode(DrawPanel.LINES);
      } else if (choice.equals("Points")) {
        target.setDrawMode(DrawPanel.POINTS);
      }
    }
  }
}

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phew. finished!

it's a full applet so it should compile straight off if you put it into DrawTest.java

Thanks! You must have blisters on that typing finger! But seriously I can't thank you enough. Could you help me one more time and tell me how you found this? I've had trouble finding my way around the java sites and for that matter finding any relevant code too. Could you post the address of where they hide the code?
Thanks Again,
Joey O.

actually, I did a copy-n-paste straight from the example file! It came with my copy of the JDK, under

JDK_12\demo\applets\DrawTest