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On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 18:22:58 -0600, Paul King wrote
(in message <rihibt42piiu8mbei09uc7o066ll4sramp@4ax.com>):

> I am not necessarily new to Java, but am a novice at writing GUI-based
> Java programs.
> 
> I am trying to build a GUI with a text object (JTextPane). I have a need
> to place display text into that object. Here is the declaration:
> 
>     javax.swing.JTextPane txtMessage = new javax.swing.JTextPane();
> 
> Having done that, in the same scope as the current object that the above
> declaration was in, I placed this statement in one of the methods, a
> response to pressing a button:
> 
>     txtMessage.text = "Some text";
> 
> hoping it would appear as displayed text in the text pane. The logic of
> using txtMessage.text is that the "text" part appears as a property on my
> CodeWarrior object inspector for the "txtMessage" object. Giving the
> "text" property a value in the object inspector results in that value
> being displayed.
> 
> However, expressing the object as I have above results in CodeWarrior
> telling me that the property "text" does not exist as a part of
> javax.swing.JTextPane. Indeed, it does not appear to appear in the API for
> JTextPane nor any of the classes it implements that I have seen. So, where
> is the Object inspector assigning the value? In object inspectors of other
> languages I've written in, the properties listed there are properties of
> the class that is "inspected". Usually, a simple assignment statement like
> the one above should work. However, it does not compile, because "text" is
> apparently not a property of JTextPane. Is CodeWarrior trying to screw
> with my mind?
> 
> If I am going about this all wrong, can anyone suggest how I can write
> text into a GUI-based text object?
> 
> Thanks for any help you can offer.
> 
> PJK

I don't have any advice about why CodeWarrior is showing that 
property, but to set the text displayed you should do a 

txtMessage.setText("Some Text");

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Bill Tschumy
Otherwise -- Austin, TX
bill@otherwise.com