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From: "Michael Dunn" <michael.dunn@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this>
Subject: Re: problem with setting
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"Adam Sandler" <corn29@excite.com> wrote in message 
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> Hello,
<snipped>

try this

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
class MyFrame extends JFrame
{
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

  public void showFrame()
  {
      setTitle( "Please Wait..." );
      setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
  setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
      JPanel centerPanel = new JPanel();
      centerPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLoweredBevelBorder());
      //centerPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(50, 25));
  centerPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(50, 25));
      //Dimension screenDim =
//Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
      //Rectangle winRect = getBounds();
      //setLocation((screenDim.width - winRect.width) /
//2,(screenDim.height - winRect.height) / 2);

      //getContentPane().add(centerPanel);
  getContentPane().add(centerPanel,new GridBagConstraints());
      setSize(225, 100);
  setLocationRelativeTo(null);//<-----
      setVisible(true);
  }
  public static void main(String[] args){new MyFrame().showFrame();}
}

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