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I'm afraid I can't help much with your question, but one thing you said
did catch my attention ("I've read in several posts that Swing is not
for applets").  I'm hoping others on the newsgroup can comment on this
statement.  It's of particular interest to me, as I'm new to Java and
I'm currently in the middle of designing an applet, and am using Swing
to do so.  Is Mr. Brattlund's statement true?  Why or why not?

Christer Brattlund wrote:
> 
> Is it possible to use JBuilder 2 without Swing?
> 
> I started working with our current project in JBuilder 1. I saw that there
> was a new version of JBuilder (JBuilder 2) and upgraded. Suddenly everything
> had changed (no backwardscompatibility there). Swing was introduced to me. I
> was using JBCL controls and now those required Swing because I'm working
> with an applet and I was forced to use JApplet instead of Applet to make it
> work. I had to rearrange a lot. I had to use different controls because of
> the Lightweight - heavyweight issues. After making my applet "compatible"
> with JBuilder 2 I discovered that the jar-archive became way too big for an
> archive (2 MB). I wish there was a way of using JBuilder 2 without Swing.
> I've read in several posts that Swing is not for applets. But if I want to
> make an applet? What do I do then? Switch back to JBuilder 1? I really
> didn't want to do that because that version was even buggier to work with.
> So I decided to use the JBCL archives from JBuilder 1. Then I didn't have to
> use Swing. Is it really necessary to go through all this trouble to make an
> applet with a decent size on the jar-file? Isn't JBuilder 2 for applets?
> Just for applications?
> 
> /Christer