Solution

HTML Interface to Applet

<APPLET CODEBASE="/applets/magelang/AWT-Training/classes/" CODE="CommentBoxTest.class" WIDTH=420 HEIGHT=100 ALIGN=CENTER></APPLET>

Java Code

import java.awt.*;

public class CommentBoxTest extends java.applet.Applet {

    public void init() {
        CommentBox test = new CommentBox();
        add(test);
    }
}

/**
 * Component containing both a Label and a TextArea
 */
class CommentBox extends FormElement {

    protected TextArea text;
    protected String   label = "Comments";

    public CommentBox() {
        setLayout(new BorderLayout());

        text = new TextArea(3, 55);

        add("North",  new Label(label, Label.CENTER));
        add("Center", text);
    }

    /**
     * Return a text representation of this field.
     * This method is required by the FormElement interface.
     * @return String the selected text
     */
    public String getContents() {
        return label + "    " + text.getText();
    }
}