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Create simple applet, print and align text using FontMatrics

Submitted by Rahimv on Sat, 08/21/2010 - 13:37

/* Using Applet Dimension */
/* Syntax
 Dimension(Dimension d)
 Dimension(int w, int h)
*/ 
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.Color;
/*
 <applet code = "Applet06" width = 500 height = 300>
 </applet>
*/
public class Applet06 extends Applet
{
 public void paint(Graphics g)
 {
  int x,y;
  String s = "Hello World...";
  Dimension d = getSize();
  Font f = new Font("Arial",Font.BOLD,24);
  g.setFont(f);
  FontMetrics fm = g.getFontMetrics();
  x = d.width/2 - fm.stringWidth(s)/2;
  y = d.height/2 - fm.getHeight();
  g.drawString(s,x,y);
 }
}