java applet init () problem

cocoa

hi,

I'm trying to make a pretty little java paint program. One of the problems I'm having is setting the canvas to white, and then setting the brush to a colour, say purple, in the applets init method. My code's fairly bloated so in simple terms the problem is:

class Painter extends Applet
{
public void init()
{
myCanvas.setpaintColour(Color.white);
myCanvas.fill();
myCanvas.setpaintColour(Color.purple);
}
}

The myCanvas class has it's own setpaintColour and fill methods, which are aptly named. Annoyingly, the above code results in the applet initializing with a purple fill, instead of the intended white fill.

Is there any way around this? Is it a basic feature which I'm forgetting?

Any help is greatly appreciated, I might post the full code at some stage, after tidying it up...

Thomas_S_Hunterson

is the setPaintColour() method calling the fill() method?

cocoa

Sean_K wrote: »

is the setPaintColour() method calling the fill() method?

fair point, but no that wasn't it... I've figured it out now, I was using repaint and I didn't realise it's one of those things that has a delay.