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DrawString( ) not happening in Frame Window

Hi,

I am a beginner with Java programming. Got a few stoppers here. Here is my program

import java.awt.*;

public class BaseFrame2 extends Frame
{
TextDialog dlg;
      String message = "This is a Window";
      BaseFrame2(String title)
      {
            super(title);
            setFont(new Font("Helvetica",Font.BOLD,12));
            dlg = new TextDialog(this,"Enter Text",true);
            dlg.resize(150,100);

            MenuBar mb = new MenuBar();
            Menu m = new Menu("Colors");
            m.add(new MenuItem("Red"));
            m.add(new MenuItem("Green"));
            m.add(new MenuItem("Blue"));
            m.add(new MenuItem("-"));
            m.add(new CheckboxMenuItem("Black"));

            Menu mf= new Menu("Font");
            mf.add(new MenuItem("Regular"));
            mf.add(new MenuItem("Bold"));
            mf.add(new MenuItem("Italic"));
            m.add(mf);
            m.add(new MenuItem("Set Text"));

            mb.add(m);
            setMenuBar(mb);
      }

      public void paint(Graphics g)
{
       g.drawString(message,20,20);
      }

From my main applet class on a Button Click Action I am popping up the above defined Frame. But I am not able see the message "This is a window" drawn into the Frame. What could be wrong? I tried even explicitly calling repaint()
in the constructor. But still I am not able to see the message drawn into my Frame Window. Why is this happening? Hope one of you there can help me..
Is there any settings I have to give to see texts drawn into my Frame.

Thank you very much..
Prince

phutson

I don't see your validate()? Is it in the applet?

fyi from the api

validate

public void validate()

Validates this container and all of its subcomponents.

AWT uses validate to cause a container to lay out its subcomponents again after the components it contains have been
added to or modified.
Overrides:
validate in class Component
See Also:
validate(), Component.invalidate()

-Philip

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kylar

at 20,20 the String is probably being hidden inside the insets somewhere. try what falter said and see if that works.

Kylar

Ash_

princejose,

like falter said, you are not setting the size of the frame at all.
preferably, call pack() in the constructor ( does the laying out & calculation of sizes). But for this, you need to add components (not use paint(). For example

BaseFrame2()
{
//previous code
//add new WhateverDisplay();
}

class WhateverDisplay
{
public void paint(Graphics g)
{
//blah blah
}
public Dimension getPreferredSize()
{
//return size u want( preferably calculate it dynamically)
}

samers

try to pring in another x,y axis

for example 100,100
and see what happen

princejose

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Hi Falter,

I was of the impression that the pixels are counted from beneath the menubar. But what you said is correct. When I changed the position of the string it is visible.

Thank you very much. Thanks to all who had taken their time to respond to my query.

Prince