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On 25 fev, 23:56, "gethostbyn...@gmail.com" <gethostbyn...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 25 fev, 20:52, "TonyB" <t...@kerrisway.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > I'm trying out a simple gui. I'm trying to create an text area to allow me
> > to display some text from inside the app if a menu item is clicked. I think
> > JTextArea will do the job, but I'm having problems making it appear.
> > The code to add to my container is
> >         Container contentPane = frame.getContentPane();
> >         JTextArea itemArea = new JTextArea();
> >         contentPane.add(itemArea);
> > is the contentPane the main area of the window ?
> > Tony
>
> Post the complete source code to I understand what you are doing with
> frame reference.
>
> Look a simple working source code:
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> package javaapplication3;
>
> import javax.swing.JFrame;
> import javax.swing.JTextArea;
>
> public class Main extends JFrame {
>     private JTextArea textArea;
>
>     public Main() {
>         super("PH");
>
>         setSize(500,500);
>         setVisible(true);
>
>         textArea = new JTextArea();
>         getContentPane().add(textArea);


Forgive me. Put

setVisible(true);

after the

getContentPane().add(textArea);

Maybe, this is your source code problem too.

>
>     }
>
>     public static void main(String[] args) {
>         Main application = new Main();
>         application.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
>     }
>
> }
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> gethostbyname


gethostbyname

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