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On Wed, 9 Aug 2000 11:35:07 +0200, JPBallet wrote:

> I join with this mail a part of my code which is the
> heart of a project.  The main class only call the
> CadreExpo class.
That is not a runnable example either.  What I was suggesting is that if 
you can produce an example that demonstrates the problem, I would try to 
compile and run your example and help you figure out what the problem is.  
I can't to that with just a part of your program.

What I had in mind was a small program.  The program should be as small 
as is possible.  Ideally it should be in a single source file, although 
that is not absolutely necessary.  Ideally, it should not require any 
additional libraries, but in this forum, obviously JBCL would not be a 
big problem, and if the problem were related to a third party library 
that was freely available, that could be acceptable as well.  But most 
important, the example should compile and run on its own, and should 
misbehave in the same manner as your larger program does.  

There are a number of reasons to produce a small example of a problem.  
First, as you try to create the small example, you sometimes figure out 
what the problem is.  Second, if you do manage to create a small example, 
it is usually a lot easier to see what is going on without all of the 
other application code to get in the way.  Third, you can send your 
example to others and they can help you with it.  Fourth, it is sometimes 
hard to explain a problem, and providing an example that others can see 
can make the problem clearer.  And finally, if the problem turns out to 
be a bug in a library such as Swing, you can submit the example to Sun 
with a description of the problem.

So, if you can produce such an example of the problem, I will be glad to 
try running it and see if I can tell you what is wrong.  Others may be 
willing to do so as well.

P.S.  If the program is small enough, you can include it in the text of 
your message.  But if not, Borland's policy for this news server is that 
all attachments should be posted to the borland.public.attachments group.  
In that case, just post the attachment there and post a message that 
refers to it in the appropriate newsgroup.

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Regards,

John McGrath