Re: refresh/repain JFrame

From:
Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:49:55 -0700
Message-ID:
<TaRKi.287878$BX3.129226@newsfe13.lga>
knguyen wrote:

On Sep 26, 10:58 pm, Knute Johnson <nos...@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com>
wrote:

knguyen wrote:

Hello again,
Is there a proper way to repaint/refresh a JFrame? I tried calling
repaint() but it doesn't seem to work?
Thanks
-k

You are going to have to give us a little more of a clue than that.

How about posting a simple, compilable test program that shows your problem?

--

Knute Johnson
email s/nospam/knute/


Basically, I have a client and a server running. The JFrame displays
some basic information and a button to "Connect To Server". What I
want is so that after I click "Connect To Server" and all the jazz are
done, my frame will display something like "Client X Currently
Connected" instead of "Connected to none"....

Here is my frame code..all the GUI are done in myPanel with data
pulled from a_peer

public class ZigzagFrame extends JFrame implements Observer{

    JPanel myPanel;
    public ZigzagFrame(Peer a_peer){
        myPanel = new ZigzagPanel(a_peer);

        add(myPanel);
    }
    public void update(Observable obs, Object obj){
        System.out.println("Updated Haha");

        this.repaint();
        myPanel.repaint();

    }
}

Thanks a lot

-k


In what component do you want to display the "Client X Currently
Connected"? A simple solution is to display the message in a JLabel.
After you connect to your client, change the text in the JLabel.

--

Knute Johnson
email s/nospam/knute/

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