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For my intro to programming class i have to design a game where a ball is shot at an angle and hits squares that are worth points. I have two questions 1.How do you get the ball to move. I was given this code but I don't know if I …

I am working my way through an online book--Intro to Java Programming by David Eck--and in it he says that it is generally considered bad style to use the getGraphics() method to draw outside of a component's paintComponent method. Does anyone know why this is?

Apple has kindly donated the source code for the original MacPaint software to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. This is in large part thanks to the [URL="http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/20/computer-history-museum-makes-original-macpaint-source-code-avai/"]exhausting efforts[/URL] of Andy Hertzfeld, one of the original members of the developmental team for the original Macintosh in 1984. When …

Any suggestions on how to get fonts from an external drive rather than on my local drive. Here is what I use now: [CODE] GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment(); Font[] fonts = ge.getAllFonts(); // Get the fonts for (Font f : fonts) { System.out.println(f.getFontName()); }[/CODE]

I have been using Borland Turbo C++ 3.0 to get started with C/C++. I am making a graphics application and this error has come up. I know that my code is too big but I cannot cut it down and I need to add more features. Can someone please tell …

hi, am currently working on a assignment in which i hace to make a graphic using the g class blink on and off for certain intervals. i was wondering if someone would know how to make a graphic do so since i only know how to make a picture blink

So to get practice writing applets, I tried to write one that simply draws a chessboard in a 160 x 160 window. I am pretty sure I got the code right for both the html and java files, and I have the html file in the same directory as my …

Hello, I'm an intermediate web designer and i've recently put up a site for my business but for some reason i can't figure, IE won't display images that other browsers will... [url]http://www.19grams.co.uk/Pub/pub.html[/url] Any ideas?

I am new to software development. I just started to read software engineering by Ian Sommerville and just fell in love with software development. I want to learn the C++ language. What is the best approach to quick and clear understanding and use of the language. I want to develop …

I am trying to find a way to create a transparent overlay that I can put anywhere on the screen, but that does not stop keystrokes and mouse events from passing through. If you have ever seen the program Camtasia, they do it... when you define a portion of the …

Hey everyone. Just recently I have been messing around with some files on my pc, trying to find a specific driver updater-program that was giving me some trouble. I went into add or remove programs, selected "NVIDIA Drivers" (I'm using a basic Nvidia graphics card), and removed it, thinking that …

Hi, Has anyone animated a complext svg file ? I would like to know your experience ? Browser support? Time It Took ? Anything unexpected ? if possible a link on ur work would be great. Appreciate it. Vishal

Could anyone suggest the best way of resizing an image (.bmp/jpeg) without loss of quality. The problem we are facing is that when we tried resizing one of our images (3000X3000 pixels) to 75X75, it looks fine, and also comes out well when printed directly or as image in a …

As the ispiron has no screws to fasten the vga connection, does anyone know anything else that can be done to prevent disconnection apart from not moving the laptop?

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hi all i'm trying to draw an oval/ellipse over an existing square the problem is that the oval is drawn behind the rectangle how do i fix this? here is my form's code [code] using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Forms; …

For my program I am working with simple graphics and need to display a straight row of squares from left to right decreasing in size. I also have to program this recursively so that it makes the squares following the first one by itself. My problem right now is that …

I am trying to make a row of decreasing squares with a recursive method, but none of the squares comes up besides the first one. Any ideas where my code is going wrong? [CODE] import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import java.util.Random; public class Lab19ast { public static void main(String args[]) { …

Nvidia yesterday began shipping the [url=http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gtx_480_us.html]GeForce GTX 480[/url], with double the number of processor cores previously available at 512. The card is intended to to permit smooth playback and editing of 2D or 3D content, including animation, games and videos. The GTX 480 supports Microsoft DirectX 11, Direct3D and [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physx]PhysX[/url], …

I'm stuck on this part of my program, im using graphics.py to implement a linear regression line. I think I'm making a stupid error but cant wrap my head around it. The BIG part I'm stuck on is that im supposed to make a "button" in the lower left corner …

I'm making an archery game and I need to shoot 5 arrows and assign a point value to each spot of the target. Bulls eye is worth 9 and each ring out from there is worth 2 less. I am having trouble figuring out how to assign a score to …

To start off, I am absolutely sure this question has been answered before, but I've searched for it all over the internet to no avail, probably because I don't know the term. I've been working with Eclipse C++ IDE on my Ubuntu machine for awhile, and all of my programs …

Hello guys. I am building a new i-5 system for my friend but as i have never before build an i-based system before and dont really understand the Intel® HD Graphics 3 that i-5 and i-3 has i am confused and need some help here. The machine i am building …

I am working on my first build and I am getting no display when powered up. I have checked all connections, there is no power connector on the GPU, onboard graphics are not present on this board, and the cooling fan on the GPU works when I try to power …

I am trying to render a very simple scene by loading various parameters from a file (MLC.txt) When compiling I receive the following error main.cpp: In function ‘void renderScene()’: main.cpp:77: error: ‘pBeam’ was not declared in this scope H

Hello dear All, Now I'm writing an app that have to react on some user's actions in real time and redraw a big form according to this activity and a timer's firing. Also, when redrawing the form, the app must emit some short sounds. For the last purpose I used …

hi guys, I'm on the hunt for a GPU to go into my new PC and i have made the decision to go with ATI Radeons because thy have a pretty mad track record for 'balance' if you will. The new 5970 seems pretty awesome but i'm not sure if …

Hi all. What should be the simplest of tasks is sending me crazy. I have a PC based on an ECS P4M900T-M2 motherboard. I've been using it for about a year using the on-board GPU. But now I want to add a second monitor so I bought a PNY 8400GS …

Hello, I'm a complete alien so some questions may be too evident. I'd like to get a degree in computer graphics (something like physically-based animation and rendering) in a major American university. I'm a Russian national with German residency, never been to US. I already have a degree in applied …

Hi, I have an Ellipse on a Canvas and I'm doing a Hit Testing on it. Every time I click the stroke of the Ellipse, the test pass. If I click in the middle of the Ellipse, the test fails. This is good ! After I fill the ellipse like …