For use later on for an about box.

com/gallery/GalleryRemote/AboutPanel.java

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+package com.gallery.GalleryRemote;
+
+import javax.swing.border.*;
+import javax.swing.*;
+import java.awt.event.*;
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.util.*;
+
+/**
+ *  AboutPanel: scrolling panel of credits for About boxes
+ *
+ *@author     paour
+ *@created    August 16, 2002
+ */
+public class AboutPanel extends JComponent {
+	public static int TOP = 120;
+	public static int BOTTOM = 30;
+	ImageIcon image;
+	Vector text;
+	int scrollPosition;
+	AnimationThread thread;
+	int maxWidth;
+	FontMetrics fm;
+
+
+	public AboutPanel() {
+		setFont(UIManager.getFont("Label.font"));
+		fm = getFontMetrics(getFont());
+
+		setForeground(new Color(96, 96, 96));
+		image = new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource(
+				"default.jpeg"));
+
+		setBorder(new MatteBorder(1, 1, 1, 1, Color.gray));
+
+		text = new Vector(50);
+		StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(
+				GalleryRemote.getInstance().properties.getProperty( "aboutText" ), "\n");
+		while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
+			String line = st.nextToken();
+			text.addElement(line);
+			maxWidth = Math.max(maxWidth,
+					fm.stringWidth(line) + 10);
+		}
+
+		scrollPosition = -250;
+
+		thread = new AnimationThread();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 *  Gets the preferredSize attribute of the AboutPanel object
+	 *
+	 *@return    The preferredSize value
+	 *@since
+	 */
+	public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
+		return new Dimension(1 + image.getIconWidth(),
+				1 + image.getIconHeight());
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 *  Description of the Method
+	 *
+	 *@param  g  Description of Parameter
+	 *@since
+	 */
+	public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
+		g.setColor(new Color(96, 96, 96));
+		image.paintIcon(this, g, 1, 1);
+
+		FontMetrics fm = g.getFontMetrics();
+
+		String version = GalleryRemote.getInstance().properties.getProperty( "version" );
+		g.drawString(version, (getWidth() - fm.stringWidth(version)) / 2,
+				getHeight() - 5);
+
+		g = g.create((getWidth() - maxWidth) / 2, TOP, maxWidth,
+				getHeight() - TOP - BOTTOM);
+
+		int height = fm.getHeight();
+		int firstLine = scrollPosition / height;
+
+		int firstLineOffset = height - scrollPosition % height;
+		int lines = (getHeight() - TOP - BOTTOM) / height;
+
+		int y = firstLineOffset;
+
+		for (int i = 0; i <= lines; i++) {
+			if (i + firstLine >= 0 && i + firstLine < text.size()) {
+				String line = (String) text.get(i + firstLine);
+				g.drawString(line, (maxWidth - fm.stringWidth(line)) / 2, y);
+			}
+			y += fm.getHeight();
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 *  Adds a feature to the Notify attribute of the AboutPanel object
+	 *
+	 *@since
+	 */
+	public void addNotify() {
+		super.addNotify();
+		thread.start();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 *  Description of the Method
+	 *
+	 *@since
+	 */
+	public void removeNotify() {
+		super.removeNotify();
+		thread.kill();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 *  Description of the Class
+	 *
+	 *@author     paour
+	 *@created    August 16, 2002
+	 */
+	class AnimationThread extends Thread {
+		private boolean running = true;
+
+
+		AnimationThread() {
+			super("About box animation thread");
+			setPriority(Thread.MIN_PRIORITY);
+		}
+
+
+		/**
+		 *  Description of the Method
+		 *
+		 *@since
+		 */
+		public void kill() {
+			running = false;
+		}
+
+
+		/**
+		 *  Main processing method for the AnimationThread object
+		 *
+		 *@since
+		 */
+		public void run() {
+			FontMetrics fm = getFontMetrics(getFont());
+			int max = (text.size() * fm.getHeight());
+
+			while (running) {
+				long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
+				scrollPosition += 2;
+
+				if (scrollPosition > max) {
+					scrollPosition = -250;
+				}
+
+				try {
+					Thread.sleep(100);
+				} catch (Exception e) {
+				}
+
+				repaint(getWidth() / 2 - maxWidth,
+						TOP, maxWidth * 2,
+						getHeight() - TOP - BOTTOM);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+