Re: [TCLUG-DEVEL:175] Absolute positioning in Java AWT?

[Bob Tanner <tanner@real-time.com>]

Quoting Perry Hoekstra (dutchman@uswest.net):
> > I have a basic graphic and I want to put a TextField in the upper-right
> > corner of the graphic.
> > 
> 
> the code would look like this:
> 
> g.drawImage(t_textField, 0, 600, Color.WHITE, this)
> 
> where t_textField is an instance of the TextField, 
> 0, 600 is the absolute position, 
> Color.WHITE is the background
> this refers to the Panel, Applet, whatever that implements ImageObserver

Hmmmmm...

$ javac DaytimeApplet.java
DaytimeApplet.java:78: Incompatible type for method. Can't convert
java.awt.TextField to java.awt.Image.
    g.drawImage(bob, 10, 0, Color.white, this);

Code:
    TextField bob = new TextField(35);
    g.drawImage(bob, 10, 0, Color.white, this);

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