//Rectangles.java

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class Rectangles extends JApplet {     

    public void init() {

	String input;
	input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter # rows");
	int rows = Integer.parseInt(input);
	input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter # columns");
	int cols = Integer.parseInt(input);

	JTextArea textarea = new JTextArea(10,60); 
	textarea.setLineWrap( true );
	textarea.setFont( new Font("Courier",Font.BOLD,18) );

	for (int i=1; i<=rows; i++) {
	    for (int j=1; j<=cols; j++)
		if (i==1 || i==rows || j==1 || j==cols)
		    textarea.append ("*");
		else
		    textarea.append (" ");
	    textarea.append ("\n");
	}

	JScrollPane scrollpane = new JScrollPane(textarea);

	JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, 
				      scrollpane,
				      "Cool textarea with a scrollbar",
				      JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
    }
}