Did you create a new instance of "a" before calling the paint method? I noticed
that your paint() method
wasn't declared as a static one but that seems to be how you're trying to use it.
Just a guess
Steve Cohen wrote:
> I realize this may not be the appropriate place for this question but why can't
> I do this?
>
> //file a:
>
> import java.awt.*;
> public class a {
> void paint (Graphics g) {
> ...
> }
>
> }
>
> //file b:
> import java.awt.*;
> import a;
>
> public class b {
> public a A;
> ...
> void paint (Graphics g) {
> A.paint(g);
> }
> }
>
> The compilation of file b fails with an error message about an unknown method
> paint( java.awt.Graphics )
>
> WHY? This code compiles fine if it is all in one file
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