Java, A Beginner's Guide, 5th Edition, 5th Edition

Using the Status Window

In addition to displaying information in its window, an applet can also output a message to the status window of the browser or applet viewer on which it is running. To do so, call showStatus( ), which is defined by Applet, with the string that you want displayed. The general form of showStatus( ) is shown here:

void showStatus(String msg)

Here, msg is the string to be displayed.

The status window is a good place to give the user feedback about what is occurring in the applet, suggest options, or possibly report some types of errors. The status window also makes an excellent debugging aid, because it gives you an easy way to output information about your applet.

The following applet demonstrates showStatus( ):

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