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Thanks alot

Posted by Girish B on August 17, 2000 at 5:14 AM

Thanks alot,
Girish

> Hi
> Here is a simple example. You need to use JTextpane.

> Thanx
> Kishori

> ///////////// ColoredText.java/////////////
> /*
> * Swing Version
> */

> import javax.swing.*;
> import javax.swing.text.*;

> import java.awt.*; //for layout managers
> import java.awt.event.*; //for action and window events
> import javax.swing.text.StyleConstants.* ;
> import java.net.URL;
> import java.io.IOException;

> class myFrame extends JFrame {
> public myFrame ( ) {
>
> //Create a text pane.
> JTextPane textPane = createTextPane();
> JScrollPane spane = new JScrollPane(textPane);
> spane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension( 200, 150));
> spane.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(30, 30));
>
>
> JPanel panel = new JPanel();
> panel.add ( spane ) ;
> Container cp = getContentPane ( );
> cp.add ( panel ) ;
> }
> private JTextPane createTextPane() {
> JTextPane textPane = new JTextPane();
> String[] initString = { "Hi Girish\n",
> "This is a red text\n",
> "This is a blue text\n",
> "This is a cyan text\n",
> "Thanx\nKishori"
> };

> String[] initStyles = { "black", "red", "blue", "cyan", "black" };

> setInitStyle ( textPane );

> Document doc = textPane.getDocument( );

> try {
> for (int i=0; i < initString.length; i++) {
> doc.insertString(doc.getLength(), initString[i], textPane.getStyle(initStyles[i]));
> }
> } catch (BadLocationException e) {} ;
>

> return textPane;
> }

> protected void setInitStyle (JTextPane textPane) {
> //Set the color constants
> Style def = StyleContext.getDefaultStyleContext().getStyle(StyleContext.DEFAULT_STYLE);

>
> Style blue = textPane.addStyle("blue", def);
> ColorConstants.setForeground( blue, Color.blue);
>
> Style red = textPane.addStyle("red", def);
> ColorConstants.setForeground( red, Color.red);
>
> Style cyan = textPane.addStyle("cyan", def);
> ColorConstants.setForeground( cyan, Color.cyan);
>
> Style black = textPane.addStyle("black", def);
> ColorConstants.setForeground( black, Color.black);
>
> }
> }
>
> public class ColoredText {

> public static void main(String[] args) {
> JFrame frame = new myFrame ( );

> frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
> public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
> System.exit(0);
> }
> });
>
> frame.setSize ( 400, 400 );
> frame.show ( );
> }
> }