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Re: Messagebox on current desktop

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From Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid>
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Subject Re: Messagebox on current desktop
Date Tue, 06 Jan 2015 18:13:37 -0500
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On 1/6/2015 5:38 PM, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
> You can get a Messagebox with:
>          JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this,
>                                        "Message",
>                                        "Title",
>                                        JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE,
>                                        null);
>
> The problem is that I work with Linux and have several desktops. The
> messagebox is displayed on the desktop where the program is running.
> Is there a method to get the messagebox on the current desktop?

     I don't know, but I'd be willing to bet that the first
argument will have to be something other than "this".  See
if you can find some likely alternatives to try in that spot.

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Messagebox on current desktop Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-01-06 23:38 +0100
  Re: Messagebox on current desktop Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-01-06 18:13 -0500
    Re: Messagebox on current desktop Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com> - 2015-01-06 16:04 -0800
  Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 07:14 -0500
    Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 07:19 -0500
    Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 07:39 -0500
      Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 08:44 -0500
      Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 10:17 -0500
        Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 10:37 -0500
    Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 09:11 -0500
      Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 09:41 -0500
      Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 09:46 -0500
        Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 09:49 -0500
  Re: Messagebox on current desktop Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-01-10 23:04 -0500
    Re: Messagebox on current desktop Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-01-11 18:17 +0100

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