Chapter 1

cswaner · May 2nd, 2012, 11:10 AM

I am brand new to Java and am having trouble with the very basics of applets. I am using NetBeans IDE for editing and when I create a new application to write the html example I get an error on the first line. Here is the code:

<html>
<head>
<title> A Simple Program </title>
</head>
<body>
<hr>
<applet code = "MyFirstApplet.class" width = 350 height = 200 >
</applet>
<hr/>
</body>
</html>

which gets saved as MyFirstApplet.java.

NetBeans debugger gives me an error saying: Class "MyFirstApplet" does not have a main method.

I am quite certain that I am overlooking something very fundamental, but I just don't know what it is!

cswaner · May 2nd, 2012, 12:34 PM

Persistence pays off...and I figured it out

cswaner · May 2nd, 2012, 02:38 PM

For completeness, the above code is the .html code, not the .java code

javaKid1337 · May 6th, 2012, 06:21 AM

And what was the solution to the problem ? ? ?
You did not create the Applet in the first place ? or you did not save the file as .html ? :)

BOYET · September 12th, 2014, 03:39 AM

Im also a newbie in Java and have this book last night. I tried to execute the code reference MyApplet.html using the command appletviewer but I encounter error in cmd prompt as shown below:
"load: class MyFirstApplet not found"
and also the applet viewer window popup error below:
"start:applet not initialized"
Could someone help me on this...

BOYET · September 12th, 2014, 09:53 AM

Its ok now, issue related to my system environment setup.. PATH variables configuration is corrected.

Thanks

GenialRoi · October 14th, 2014, 08:24 AM

Applet stuff gave me a hell of trouble, great one indeed. But later figured it out