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From: "Philipp" <philipp@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this>
Subject: Re: Can a jPanel's backgr
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Andrew Thompson a |-crit :
> Philipp wrote:
>> Andrew Thompson a |-crit :
>>>>> In any case, it is possible to *extend* JPanel (or jPanel, 
>>>>> I am guessing) to provide a method that will do that.
> ..
>> Shouldn't the GUI be updated from the EDT thread? How would this be done?
> 
> Yes and no.

 > Runnable r = new Runnable(){
 >          public void run(){
 >            repaint();
 >          }
 >        };
 >        EventQueue.invokeLater(r);

If the flashing frequency is very high, does the invokeLater guarantee a 
more responsive GUI (ie will some repaints be discarded if there are 10 
waiting in the queue?).

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