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pipk

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Feb 20, 2001
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here is one, that will again show up my complete lack of
knowledge about anything....

when people talk about "native controls" what do they mean?


cheers::)
 
Since Java is a platform neutral language, when it interacts with a specific system, it must do so via hooks into the 'native' system. For instance, in the awt, gui components are associated with a native windowing peer which actually does the drawing to the native system.
 
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