Hey all, basically im a newbie doin java at the moment...i mean i know a little, but not enough to sit down and work it out (unless i explode)! its crazy, basically all i am trying to do at the moment is to try and write an applet that basically shows 1 label, and 1 text field next to it so the user can input a 3 digit number...i am tryin to put these two simple fields at the top of the applet and in the end i would like a square in the middle of the applet that will change colour corresponsing to what number the user inputs...so far with my little understanding, i have tried to work out as follows:-

import.javax.swing.*;
import.java.awt.*;
import.java.awt.event.*;

public class Ex1 extends JApplet
{
public JLabel label1, label2, label3;
public JTextField text1, text2, text3;

public void init()
{

text1 = new JTextField(3);
text1.addActionListener(this);
text2 = new JTextField(3);
text2.addActionListener(this);
text3 = new JTextField(3);
text3.addActionListener(this);

label1 = new JLabel(" Red ");
label2 = new JLabel(" Green ");
label3 = new JLabel(" Blue ");

Container c = getContentPane();
JPanel labPanel = new JPanel();
labPanel.add(label1);
labPanel.add(label2);
labPanel.add(label3);
labPanel.add(text1);
labPanel.add(text2);
labPanel.add(text3);
c.add(labPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);

}

}

i know this is no where near complete, but i am stuck and not even sure if this is the correct start, any help would be brilliant and much apprectaed to get me on my way!

Thanks, and regards,

Ben