hi guys,

i am working on a new java program, the program consists of a ball, bouncing around the applet, i have created button to control the ball, one to stop the ball bouncing, another to resume the ball boucing and another to reverse the direction of the ball bouncing,

but i am trying to re-design the buttons so that i can steer the direction of ball / drag the ball with the mouse around the applet.
the code so far is below...

any advice and help, would be appreciated a lot.....
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import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class Bounce extends Applet implements Runnable {
int x_shift = 1;
int y_shift = 1;
Thread t;
boolean bouncing;
boolean testOutput = true;
Button
b1 = new Button("Start"),
b2 = new Button("Reverse Direction"),
b3 = new Button("Stop");

public void init() {
b1.addActionListener(new B1());
b2.addActionListener(new B2());
b3.addActionListener(new B3());
add(b1);
add(b2);
add(b3);



r = new Rectangle(30,50,20,20);
t = new Thread(this);
t.start();// behaviour of thread controlled by run method
bouncing = true;
}
public void paint(Graphics g) {
if (bouncing) g.setColor(Color.blue);
else g.setColor(Color.red);
g.fillOval(r.x,r.y,r.width,r.height);
if (testOutput)
System.out.println ("x = " + r.x + " y = " + r.y + " bouncing = " + bouncing);
}
class B1 implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
t.resume();
bouncing = true;
getAppletContext().showStatus("Start pressed");
}
}
class B2 implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (!bouncing)

t.suspend();
bouncing = true;
y_shift *= -1;
x_shift *= -1;
getAppletContext().showStatus("Reverse Direction pressed");
}
}
class B3 implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (!bouncing)
System.exit(1);
t.suspend();
bouncing = false;
x_shift *= -1;
getAppletContext().showStatus("Stop pressed");
}
}
public void update(Graphics g) {

Image offScreenImage = createImage(getSize().width, getSize().height);
paint(offScreenImage.getGraphics());
g.drawImage(offScreenImage,0,0, null);
}
public void run() {
while (true) { // Thread performs endless loop
r.x += x_shift;
r.y += y_shift;
if (r.x>= getSize().width || r.x < 0) {
x_shift *= -1;
}
if (r.y>= getSize().height || r.y < 40) { // Why 40?
y_shift *= -1;
}
repaint();
try {
Thread.currentThread().sleep(2);
}
catch (Exception e) {
}
}
}


private Rectangle r;



public boolean mouseDown(Event e) {


return true;
}
public boolean mouseDrag(Event e ) {

return true;
}
public boolean mouseUp(Event e) {

return true;
}

}

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thx for your time,
tc..

.

or how can i make the ball go around the rectangle / applet?

without the ball going all over the place..

if you programmed it correctly it won't be "going all over the place" but following a highly predictable path dictated by it's starting position and energy vector.
So you change those and it will follow whatever path you want it to if.

If you want to drag the ball around with mouse you might want to implement MouseMotionListener. It has a listener mouseDragged.

the program runs ..ok..without any problems, but the ball goes in all directions i.e zig zag, up down, left right.

i actually wanted to make the ball go around the applet only, running in a rectangle shape.

but thx aniwais for the advice.
tc

i sorted it .. cheers guys.
tc

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