Writing text?

[Evan]

Newbie! hehe.
I downloaded JBuilder 4. Then I went and I made a default aplet.
It came up with this Java code.

package untitled1;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.applet.*;
import javax.swing.*;

/**
 * Title:        fdvdfs
 * Description:  df
 * Copyright:    Copyright (c) 2001
 * Company:      ds
 * @author dsf
 * @version 1.0
 */

public class Applet1 extends JApplet {
  boolean isStandalone = false;
  /**Get a parameter value*/
  public String getParameter(String key, String def) {
    return isStandalone ? System.getProperty(key, def) :
      (getParameter(key) != null ? getParameter(key) : def);
  }

  /**Construct the applet*/
  public Applet1() {
  }
  /**Initialize the applet*/
  public void init() {
    try {
      jbInit();
    }
    catch(Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
  /**Component initialization*/
  private void jbInit() throws Exception {
    this.setSize(new Dimension(400,300));
  }
  /**Start the applet*/
  public void start() {
  }
  /**Stop the applet*/
  public void stop() {
  }
  /**Destroy the applet*/
  public void destroy() {
  }
  /**Get Applet information*/
  public String getAppletInfo() {
    return "Applet Information";
  }
  /**Get parameter info*/
  public String[][] getParameterInfo() {
    return null;
  }

  //static initializer for setting look & feel
  static {
    try {
      //UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
      //UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getCrossPlatformLookAndFeelClassName());
    }
    catch(Exception e) {
    }
  }
}

So then I decided I wanted to write something on the main screen.
I tried this:

  public void start() {
    System.out.println("HI there!");
  }

That DID NOT WORK!!
Can someone tell me how to write text on it?

[moonguy]

the System.out.println() statement prints a line of string to the standard output ie generally the console .To print a string on the applet u need to use the drawString method of the Graphics class.
u use it like this. In your class add this method:

public void paint(Graphics g)
{
g.drawString("string",xloc,yloc);
}