Thread: Something weird with Graphics and drawString...

Basically, I am trying to drawString and I am getting some unexplained errors. Eclipse isn't redlining anything, but when I run the application, it gives an error and refuses to draw the test. Here is my source code:

MainGameClass:

public class MainGameClass {
 
	//Accesses the ScreenHandler class and makes it use 'sh' variable
	static ScreenHandler sh = new ScreenHandler();
 
	//Main thingy (duh)
	public static void main(String[] args) {
 
		//Makes ScreenHandler class activate DrawWindow method
		sh.DrawWindow();
		sh.paint(null);
 
	}
 
}

ScreenHandler

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Canvas;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Frame;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
 
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
 
//Referenced by MainGameClass
 
public class ScreenHandler {
 
	//Draws the window the game is in
	JFrame frame = new JFrame("Indev v0.01");
 
	//frame.add(new paintText);
 
	paintText pt = new paintText();
 
	public void DrawWindow(){
		//Initiates window drawing
		frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 
		JLabel emptyLabel = new JLabel("");
		//Makes it 800 by 600
		emptyLabel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(1000, 600));
		frame.getContentPane().add(emptyLabel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
 
		frame.pack();
		//Makes it visible
		frame.setVisible(true);
 
		//Activates the PaintWindow function below
		PaintWindowColor();
 
	}
	public void PaintWindowColor(){
 
		//Sets the background color to blue
		//frame.getContentPane().setBackground(Color.BLUE);
		frame.setForeground(Color.BLACK);
	}
 
}
 
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
class paintText extends Canvas{
 
	public paintText(){
		System.out.println("Loaded xtraclass");
	}
 
	public void paint(Graphics g){
		//System.out.println("Loaded!");
		g.setColor(getForeground());
		g.drawString("Hey!", 200, 200);
	}
 
}

I hope you can help, as any guidance would be greatly appreciated!

some unexplained errors

What errors? I recommend posting them in their entirety

Originally Posted by JamEngulfer221

Ah, yes. That was on purpose, it was the only thing I could do that didn't make Eclipse throw out an error. (in the form of a red line)

So is your problem solved now?

You're passing null into your PaintWindowText (methods should start with a lower-case letter, by the way). What did you expect to happen?

Recommended reading: Lesson: Performing Custom Painting (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing)

Originally Posted by JamEngulfer221

So, in that case, what do I actually do to get my paint() to work then?

Recommended reading: Lesson: Performing Custom Painting (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing)