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    Please i am beginner totaly in programming, and i am starting with java... Please my problem is that i don't know how to insert a text area in my code. Please i really need help from you guyz. Here is my CODE
    import javax.swing.*; public class HelloJava{ public static void main(String[] args){ JFrame frame=new JFrame("Hello, Java"); JLabel label= new JLabel("Hello, Java!", JLabel.CENTER); frame.get.ContentPane().add(label); frame.setSize(500, 500); frame.setVisible(true); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);}}
    Sorry for the way the codes are arranged, i use mobile phone to write the codes thats why...Thanks in Advance!!!


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    Default Re: TEXT AREA

    After fixing the compiler error in this code (do you really do your development on your phone?), I can see that you successfully add a JLabel to your JFrame. What's stopping you from adding a JTextArea in a similar fashion?
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    Thanks for your reply, i didn't do the development on my phone i use pc but my PC doesn't have internet connection thats why i didnt use it to write the code here... I wil try and add the JTextArea to the code and i will back to u... Tnx 1s again

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    This is how i did it and still when i run it, it didn't show any text area. Please can you correct it 4 me?... Here is d code
    import javax.swing.*; public class HelloJava{ public static void main(String[] args){ JFrame frame=new JFrame("Hello, Java"); JLabel label= new JLabel("Hello, Java!", JLabel.CENTER); JTextArea textarea= new JTextArea();frame.getContentPane().add("Text Area");frame.get.ContentPane().add(label); frame.setSize(500, 500); frame.setVisible(true); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);}}
    ..Thanks in Advance!!!

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    I'm not sure what you expected this to do. You create a JTextArea, but then you attempt to add a String "Text Area" to the JFrame, which doesn't make sense. A String is not a component. Then you add a JLabel overtop of the String (which already didn't make sense). Is this really the code you're running?
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    Yes, please correct it 4 me so that i can learn from my mistakes... Tnx 1s again for ur help

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    That's not really how this works. Did you read the tutorial I posted, or the Swing tutorial in general? Your syntax is not valid at all, which makes me question whether the code you posted is actually what you're running.

    Also, please read the link in my signature on asking questions the smart way, especially the part about not using SMS-style abbreviations. Plenty of our members do not speak English as a first language, so it can be hard to read. Plus it makes you look lazy.
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    Thanks now i got u correctly, tnx for your help

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