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Chris Clayton wrote:

> I am writing an application, and I've generated the UI just
> fine.  I created a new Panel class (PaintPanel) derived from
> BevelPanel,
> and wrote the appropriate paint() routine.  A number of the
> variables in that routine are defined in the DemoFrame1 class
> generated by JBuilder from the Design view.  I qualified
> them each time I used them as DemoFrame1.WindowSize
> (as an example).  When I build, however, each of these
> variables gets the error:  cannot make a static reference to
> non-static variable WindowSize.
>
> Now, WindowSize is non-static because it exists in an
> instance of DemoFrame1.  But when PaintPanel is
> instantiated in the DemoFrame1 constructor, it isn't
> a static class either.  Can anyone help me figure out
> why I'm getting this error?  Many thanks!

Well, I'm still not entirely sure of *why* I'm getting the error,
but I did figure out how to get rid of it.  I borrowed a technique
from one of the demos, and defined a setParent(DemoFrame1 p)
function in the new PaintPanel class, and included a
Panel1.setParent(this) in the DemoFrame1 jbInit routine.  With this
reference passed, and all of the variables in the PaintPanel class
referenced to the parent.variable, it all compiles nicely.

Live and learn....

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Chris Clayton       clayton@rust.net