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"Ramon F Herrera" <ramon@jonjay.com> wrote in message
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> Having said that, I still have the same problem (I always get
> the metal L&F no matter what my code says).  Since a lot of
> my applet's code is placed there by JBuilder, what I need to
> know now is where (in what method) should I set the L&F?

I'm assuming that your class looks like it would if you use JBuilder's
designer to create it.  That is, something like this:

    public class MyApplet extends Applet {
      JLabel label = new JLabel();
      public MyApplet() { /* ... */ }
      public void init() { /* ... */ }
      public void start() { /* ... */ }
      public void stop() { /* ... */ }
      public void destroy() { /* ... */ }
    }

The key point is the way the label (or whatever components your applet
uses) is initialized.  The label is created when the applet is
constructed, before any of the life cycle methods are invoked.  So if
you then set the look and feel in the init method, for example, the
label has already been built with the metal look and feel.

One solution is to call SwingUtilities.updateComponentTree at the end of
your init method, after setting the look and feel and performing all
other initialization steps.

    SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(this);

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