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Gary,

Q3:  You should be happy using the Oracle thin (type 4) driver.  It is free.
It is platform independent.  It requires no special client install.  The
only downside is the normal Java vs. Native Code performance difference.

Q4:  Java frames cannot be set to modal.  Dialogs can (look at the
constructors), but this setting is ignored in the IE and Netscape browsers.

- Marc

Gary Kent wrote in message <34F29D83.4FCA@retail-logic.co.uk>...
>Can anyone help, please.
>This is my first Java project and as expected I'm having one or two
>problems (four actually!).
>
>Q1.
>First the classic panel-setVisible problem.  I have followed Greg
>Hamer's directions to others on controlling the Visible of different
>panels from button clicks.  This works fine in XYLayout mode, but
>ideally I would like my final application to be set in BoarderLayout
>mode.  The Panels fail to show in this mode.
>
>Q2.
>Will there be any incompatibility with any of Jbuilder's components when
>running the application on a Sun Solaris i.e. DBGrid?  Is there anything
>that's going to pop up and byte me up the bum?
>
>Q3.
>The final application needs to work ideally on any Java allowed
>platform.  I am concerned about using JDBC to connect to an Oracle 7.3
>database.  This database could be on any allowed platform.  I was
>advised to use the JDBC-ODBC bridging, but looking into this, do I need
>to include the JDBCODBC.DLL?  This can't be used on anything but
>Windows.  Should I be going down the Type 4 JDBC connection route?  If
>so, should I be using Oracle's JDBCThin, Type 4 drivers.  Can anyone see
>any problems - am I straying down another daft route?  I'm sure that
>there are other programmers that have experienced this problem. Please
>help.
>
>Q4.
>I tried to show a new frame when clicking on a button, using the same
>showModal idea's used in Delphi programming.  I found that you couldn't
>setModal on a frame.  Am I being daft?  Do I need to set it's focus.  If
>so, this will still allow control of the parent frame.  Is there anyway
>around this - do I need to use a dialog?
>
>Simple four or five line examples would be great, but anything to help
>me is still cool!
>
>TA very much!!!