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From: "tar" <tar@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this>
Subject: Re: a naive question
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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:31:33 GMT
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"gg" <gg@Edm.noMail.net> writes:

> due my naivety, using JDK 1.5.1 and netbean IDE 5.5, I created 3 files, 1
> main, 2 jframes: JFA, and JFB.
> 
> Normally the main opens JFA. which just works like a charm.  JFB is similar
> to JFA,
> 
> I coded the main to accept an argument on command line to open JFB with the
> similar code to JFA.
> 
> However, I could not show JFB from main; I run afoul of layout more than
> once
> 
> In JFA, I tried using button to place JFB in a jdialog, again I run into the
> layout problem.
> 
> even new JFB().setVisible(true);
> still gave me trouble
> 
> what should I really do instead?  I tried looking for info on the layer
> contentpane. So far I have yet to find anything concrete I can use

Well, you could do one of the following:

*  Figure out in what ways JFA and JFB are different and go from there.

*  Find a psychic who can figure out the problem for you.

*  Post a runnable example here so the non-psychics have a chance to comment.


-- 
Thomas A. Russ,  USC/Information Sciences Institute

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