refreshing changes to GUI

[wickedxyx]

Hello folks.

I was wondering if someone could help me.

I have written an application that displays one set of components within a frame. I remove those components and then rebuild the underlying panel with a new set of components. The problem is that the new components don't appear in the frame. It removes the old ones fine, but doesn't display the new ones. I have a blank frame.

The funny thing is, when I maximize the frame, all the components appear and everything works fine.

I was trying to find a description of what exactly happens during maximizing a window, but have struck out so far. I think it has something to do with Window_State_Changed, but I can't nail down what it is I'm looking for.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[sharbov]

Please post your code.

[wickedxyx]

Hi there. Sorry about the lack of code. Here it is with as many comments as I could cram into it...

// for the instructions screen
class instructionClickEvent implements ActionListener
{

public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent e4)
{
// here I remove the two components that are originally
// displayed to the user
basePanel.remove(instructUpperPanel); basePanel.remove(instructLowerPanel);

// then I begin recreating the panel by adding
// the newer components to it

basePanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(2,1));
basePanel.add(nPanel1); // place the north panel in the applet
// which holds the images

cPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(5,1)); // change manager of central panel

textPanel.add(description); // add the text area to the text panel

cPanel.add(textPanel); // add it to the central panel

cPanel.add(selection1); // add the radio button to the central panel
selection1.addItemListener(new CheckEvent()); // add the item listener event so if checked
// will execute

cPanel.add(selection2); // add the radio button to the central panel
selection2.addItemListener(new CheckEvent()); // add the item listener event so if checked
// will execute

cPanel.add(selection3); // add the radio button to the central panel
selection3.addItemListener(new CheckEvent()); // add the item listener event so if checked
// will execute

sPanel.add(sButton); // add the button to the south panel
sButton.addActionListener (new clickEvent()); // add the action listener so the program
// will execute

sPanel.add(sButton2);
sButton2.addActionListener(new repeatClickEvent()); // will allow the user to repeat
// the voice file

sButton.setEnabled(false); // set the button to disabled

cPanel.add(sPanel);
basePanel.add(cPanel);

// this is where I would like it to refresh the GUI
// at this point I've tried paint(), repaint(), update() and a host
// of other commands to get it to refresh the GUI, but nothing works
// except maximizing the window

loadFile (); // load the module information from
// the text file

mv= new ModuleVoices(); // create new thread to play voices
mv.start(); // start the thread
}

I hope that's enough. The basePanel is already part of a frame. It seems it would just need to be refreshed, but I can't find the command to do it.

Thanks for the help.

[sharbov]

Add repaint() after you remove / add components.

[RitchieDiputado]

Don't forget the revalidate() to reorganized your objects to its position.

ritchie diputado