/* author: Neng-Fa Zhou This marquee applet greets you in different languages */ import java.awt.*; import java.applet.Applet; public class Greeting1 extends Applet { String[] messages = { "AnYoungHaSeYen", "BonJour", "BuenosDias", "Cao", "Czesc", "Ciao", "GutenTag", "KemoNacho", "KonNiChiWa", "Kumusta", "Hello", "Nihao", "Shalom", "Privet"}; Color[] colors = { Color.black, Color.blue, Color.cyan, Color.darkGray, Color.gray, Color.green, Color.magenta, Color.yellow, Color.green, Color.orange, Color.red, Color.pink, Color.red, Color.yellow }; int startingMesNo = 0; /* index of the starting message */ int startingCharNo = 0; /* index of the starting char in the message */ public void paint(Graphics g){ while (true){ startingCharNo++; /* the next char will be the starting char */ if (startingCharNo == messages[startingMesNo].length()){ startingMesNo++; /* the next word will be the starting word */ if (startingMesNo==messages.length) startingMesNo=0; startingCharNo =0; } try { Thread.sleep(500); } catch (InterruptedException e){ } int x = 0; int y = 30; g.setFont(new Font("Dialog",0,20)); FontMetrics fm = g.getFontMetrics(); String mes; // clean the applet g.setColor(getBackground()); g.fillRect(0,0,getWidth(),getHeight()); // draw the starting string mes = messages[startingMesNo].substring(startingCharNo,messages[startingMesNo].length()); g.setColor(colors[startingMesNo]); g.drawString(mes,x,y); x += fm.stringWidth(mes)+10; // draw strings in messages[startingMesNo+1..] for (int i=startingMesNo+1;i