Topics by venomlash

:-/ Is there any function in MouseListener that returns the x- and/or y-coordinates of the cursor relative to the origin of a JPanel which currently has the focus? ¡Ayúdenme, por favor!

Anyone?...Anyone?...Bueller?

I am looking to buy a new PC, but have no idea what to get. I want a desktop that is suitable for both gaming and work, and preferably not a Dell. Does anyone have recommendations for me vis a vis make and/or model? Thank you.

Does anyone know a good way to get a bitmap (or other picture file format) and put it on the screen using OpenGL??? I mean, that kinda thing is hard enough in the sissy, user-friendly syntax of JAVA. Anyone?...anyone?...Bueller?

Like the title sez, does anyone know a good way to take an Image and convert it into a BufferedImage???

Yep, fun pranks. What is the funniest situation involving one of the two that you have personally been in? I'll start: I Rickrolled the fiendish principal of my middle school...at the school office and then at his home number. I used these two sites: [URL="http://www.prankdialer.com/rickroll.php"]http://www.prankdialer.com/rickroll.php[/URL] and [URL="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y120/joeyblue/duckroll.jpg"]http://callprank.com/[/URL]

I am writing a applet-based mini-game. Whenever I open up the HTML document with Internet Explorer to test what I have so far, it just says "Java Applet Load failed".When I do the same with the AT&T browser, I get a blank web page with a big grey rectangle (or …

Does anyone know how to draw an image or play a sound from file? I imagine there is (are) a library (libraries), but I can't find them...

I cannot link GL Utility Toolkit (lack know-how), so I need a way using only [ICODE]gl/gl.h[/ICODE] and [ICODE]windows.h[/ICODE] to get keyboard input. Help please!

I have a POS Dell Dimension 4600. It recently went into Krakatoa mode (i.e., whenever I try to start it up it <explodes>). The Windows XP system we had on there proved to be beyond repair (whenever we try to "repair install" the blasted thing just reboots repeatedly until shut …

I'm new to C++ graphics, and a friend tipped me off to OpenGL. I'm currently trying to work with the GL Utility Toolkit ([INLINECODE]#include gl\glut.h[/INLINECODE]), which I had to download from the web. Due to all the download sites being intended for people with older versions of Windows (I think), …

How do you define operators in JAVA? (Can you???) [prettyplease] help? [/prettyplease]

Hi, I took a course in JAVA and learned about exceptions...I'm not sure how to throw and catch in C++. Can I get some help please???

For those of you who also code in JAVA*: Does anyone know of anything in C++ that is at all like paintComponent or the Graphics class? HALP! *ROFLwaffles to those who do

I like Star Wars and SW video games, Battlefront II, Empire at War, etc. I plan to write a free, unofficial map editor to create an unofficial map editor for Empire at War in order to create new Galactic Conquest maps. Anyone else like SW games? Sound off!

What is the best compiler for JAVA? BlueJ, Eclipse, or what? Opinion, please...I'm kinda lost.

How does one use an interface? The [inlinecode]paint[/inlinecode] interface in particular? ¡Ayúdame, por favor!

Is there any way to write a program to check a computer's serial number as sort of a copy-protect? (i.e., if the serial number doesn't match the expected number written into the program, the program quits.) Anyone know? Thanks, venomlash

If I create a class called "tree" and inherit from it to classes called "elm" and "oak", can I, using all three header files, create a vector <tree> and use push_back to add an "elm" and an "oak" to that vector?

I use Bloodshed Dev-C++ version 4.9.9.2 and it is a little weird in that it accepts "and" as "&&" and "or" as "||", not to mention not requiring parentheses around separate clauses in and/or connected statements. Therefore it would read the following as the same. if(voice==loud or voice==annoying and voice==whiny){ …