Getting an applet's components returns null

[rareseu]

Hy guys ! i'm trying to make an array with the components of my applet like this : instancing :

public Component\[\] componente=new Component\[100\];
/\*\* Initializes the applet tester \*/
@Override
public void init() {
    try {
        componente=this.getComponents();
        ...
}//init

and displaying in a textArea :

    for (int i=0;i

the result i get is :

componente :
0 null

my applet however has plenty of componenets, does anybody know why this might happen ?

[fly904]

The reason it returns null is because the componants havent been initialized by the time init() is called. Solution: Don't call componente=this.getComponents(); from within init. Have a look at this[^] for an explanation.

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[rareseu]

I suspected that was it, i made my gui using netbeans IDE and it generates an initComponents method , and even tho i used getComponents inside this method afetr it instances the componenets i still get null :|

[fly904]

I presume you have something like this: public GUIView(SingleFrameApplication app) { super(app); initComponents(); //TRY IT HERE } Personally I hate NetBeans and normally write it all by hand. This is for a JFrame Application, apologies.

My failometer is detecting vast quantities of FAIL! "Its SQL - hardly programming..." (Caslen)

modified on Saturday, May 9, 2009 12:29 PM

[rareseu]

i really don't have a choice aside from working with netbeans sice my deadline is close and it could never be done in time if i learned how to do it by hand the call is like this :

public void init() {
try {
initComponents();// added by netbeans, uneditbale(have to trick it into adding code here)
initMyComponents();//added by me, but didn't work
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}//init

is there any other way to tell when the initialization is over, or when initComponenets is done executing?

[fly904]

Try this:

@Override
public void start()
{
    //TRY HERE
}

I haven't used Applets in years, I'm a bit rusty.

My failometer is detecting vast quantities of FAIL! "Its SQL - hardly programming..." (Caslen)

[rareseu]

tried that :| , even inside the paint method , nothing works :| btw thanks for all your time fly904 :)