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Probably because the JDK's are different.  Which  JDK are you using in
JBuilder?

On a side note, if you're concerned about the differences in character sizes
in a Java program, you're in for a lot of misery.  Lots of stuff will vary
from GUI to GUI, from OS to OS, etc.  It's best if you can find some other
way to design the application so things like that don't matter.


"James A. Schulz" <jaschulz@wiseware.com> wrote in message
news:8v6b4j$1qf1@bornews.inprise.com...
> Never mind this question, but I have another:
>
> I have an applet in which I have the following:
>
>     g.drawString("pccharWidth  =
> "+g.getFontMetrics().charWidth('W'),20,100);
>     g.drawString("pccharHeight = "+g.getFontMetrics().getHeight(),20,120);
>
> when I run this applet in the IDE, I get pccharWidth = 10 and pccharHeight
=
> 18.  However, when I run the .jar file in IE5 (on the same machine) I get
> pccharWith 10 but pccharHeight = 22!
>
> the font in question is "Monospaced", 16.
>
> What's going on here?
>
> thanks
>
> James
>
> "James A. Schulz" <jaschulz@wiseware.com> wrote in message
> news:8v55kg$he62@bornews.inprise.com...
> > Given that I am running JB4 and have the following;
> >
> > import java.awt.Font;
> > import java.awt.FontMetrics;
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > public void paint(Graphics g){
> >     int x = getFont().charWidth('W');
> > }
> >
> > Why does the compiler give the Method Not Found error for charWidth?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > James
> >
> >
> >
>
>