Does anybody know how to cause a JFrame to repaint if it is not
visible? I am developing a server side application that will print
itself that I don't want to make visible. I find that the JTable I am
using within the JFrame gets created with a default size after I call

I'm building a gui with a gridbag layout.  Problem is, when I resize the
window it permanently alters the dimensions of the components.  Eg, when I
reduce the window size from maximized, my TextArea shrinks.  But when I
maximise it again, it stays shrunk.

Hi to all,
I'd like to create a  special JComboBox with the ability to show an
additional abbreviation to every element of the ComboBox when it is
dropped-down and only the abbreviation after an element was selected.

After adding JCheckBox to TableHeader the header border is not coming
?
Is there any problem with code ?
I am sending the CheckBoxHeader code. Is there any way to set the

I am designing an App that loads a number of seperate but related JFrames
into a JTabbedPane. Each JFrame loads information from a database and
depending on the amount of info, can take some time to load. I want to
inform the user that something is happening during this time, by ...

i am trying to write random access file read/write class but test program is
not goin through try statement at all and giving me "file can not be
written" message.
i am getting 3 arrays from VisualAid class which is working fine.

I have an vector of shapes which I then apply transforms to.
I am trying to use some of the "attributes" of  the reulting general path to
detemine what type of shape a mouse click has hit.
example a square has area = side*side.

I have created a table which had multi column headers. I want to
change
change to color of header depending upon the data in Table.
 Following the posts in Back I tried to

I have a JToggleButton on a JToolbar which implements the same action (i.e.
has the same ActionCommand) as a JCheckBoxMenuItem.
How does one coordinate setting the other one's state in the
actionListener() ? I'm certain Im not the first guy to approach this! Do I

I was wondering if it is possible to find the size of the content pane
of a frame BEFORE show() is called (the dimensions of the content pane
are zero before show is called).  I need this because my layout
depends on the size of the content pane.

i am trying to write 3 different arrays(size 25)  in one file and seek to
retrieve them independently to generate a comparative graph of performance
in a different window, as i m designing a biological simulator.
please help me here as i m not sure how to write/read them ...

I am having a problem tyring to draw shapes and keep their original color
after transforming them.
For example:
when creating a ellipse I set the color to red

Given an array of SINGED shorts gray values, how can I create a corresponding
BufferedImage. In the java docs I only see support for unsigned short? I don't
even see support for creating a BufferedImage from (int) gray level data?
Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Ok I've got a question that I'm hoping someone can help me with.
I'm working on an application with a simple login screen, three
elements: username field, password field, Login button.  Here is what
the user wants.  They want the cursor to be in the username field to

Is it possible to create a Frame or JFrame without the start bar icon?
If so, could someone please tell me the trick?
Thanks,
Tim