desktop hieght

Can you not use the getHeight() method?

gethieght of what?

oh ok.. I will try that

no it didnt work. It keeps going down and disapears behind the toolbar and keeps going.
could you include a working example?

Can you post some sampel code (a small compilable example) so I can try that and see what's going on?

can u post ur code??

sorry my reply comes late,I was having PC problems before..sure I will post it

Im still having problems.. I will post the code.
Javatm, your code was great but I still dont know how to apply it to the desktop boundry

package hospital;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
import javax.swing.*;


public class m extends JFrame {

  JPanel p1 = new JPanel();
  JPanel p2 = new JPanel();
  JPanel bottom = new JPanel();
  JScrollPane sp = new JScrollPane();

  JButton d =new JButton("Open List");
  JPanel contentPane;

  JMenu File = new JMenu();

  JMenuItem FileExit = new JMenuItem("Exit");
  Border border1;
  Border border2;

//layouts
  BorderLayout borderLayout1 = new BorderLayout();
  BorderLayout borderLayout2 = new BorderLayout();
  BorderLayout borderLayout3 = new BorderLayout();

  JDesktopPane desktop = new JDesktopPane();
  JMenuBar jMenuBar1 = new JMenuBar();
  JToolBar jToolBar1 = new JToolBar();

  //toolBar buttons
  JButton help=new JButton("Help");

  //panels
   JPanel eastPanel = new JPanel();
  JPanel centerPanel = new JPanel();

  //layouts
  BorderLayout docborder = new BorderLayout();
 
//Interface
    private JButton addName;
    private JPanel bigpanel;
    private JPanel southPanel;
    private JPanel leftpanel;
    private JScrollPane theScrollPane;
    private JTextField theTextField;

    doctor[] allDoctors;//original

   int nrOfDsAdded = 0;//original

   public  boolean frameOpened = false;


///////////////////////////////////////////////
///Constructor
  public m() {
    enableEvents(AWTEvent.WINDOW_EVENT_MASK);
    try {
      jbInit();
    }
    catch(Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///Component initialization
private void jbInit() throws Exception  {
      contentPane = (JPanel) this.getContentPane();
    border1 = BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.gray,2);
    border2 = BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black,2);
    this.setSize(new Dimension(500, 400));
    this.setDefaultCloseOperation(3);
///////////////////////////////////////////////
    allDoctors = new doctor[100];
  ///////////////////////////////////////////////
//set up menu items and their actions

    JPopupMenu.setDefaultLightWeightPopupEnabled(false);

    addWindowListener(new java.awt.event.WindowAdapter() {
            public void windowClosing(java.awt.event.WindowEvent evt) {
                exitForm(evt);
            }
        });

    File.setText("File");
    File.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_F);

   FileExit.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_E, ActionEvent.CTRL_MASK));
    FileExit.addActionListener(new ActionListener()  {
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        FileExit_actionPerformed(e);
      }
     });

//////////////////////////////////////////
//toolbar buttons

  d.addActionListener( new ActionListener()
 { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
       d_actionPerformed(e);
     }
 });


/////////////////////////////////

contentPane.setLayout(borderLayout1);
desktop.setLayout(borderLayout2);

//add components of menu, desktop and toolbar

File.add(FileExit);
jMenuBar1.add(File);
jToolBar1.add(d);
setJMenuBar(jMenuBar1);
desktop.add(eastPanel, BorderLayout.EAST);
desktop.add(centerPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
contentPane.add(desktop, BorderLayout.CENTER);
contentPane.add(jToolBar1, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

}//jb init
///////////////////////////////////////////
 private void exitForm(WindowEvent evt)
 {
 System.exit(0);
}//end

/////////////////////////////////////////////
//File | Exit action performed
public void FileExit_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
  System.exit(0);
}//end

/////////////////////////////////////

  public void d_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
  {
  JInternalFrame dFrame = new JInternalFrame(" My List",false,false,true,true);


 if (frameOpened == false) {
   centerPanel.add(dFrame, BorderLayout.CENTER);
   dFrame.setBackground(Color.white);
   dFrame.setVisible(true);
   addFrameLayout(dFrame);
   dFrame.pack();

   frameOpened = true;
 }//if

 else
   dFrame.moveToFront();

 }

////////////////////////////////////
  protected void processWindowEvent(WindowEvent e) {
    super.processWindowEvent(e);
    if (e.getID() == WindowEvent.WINDOW_CLOSING) {
      FileExit_actionPerformed(null);
    }
  }

//////////////////////////////////
private void addFrameLayout(final JInternalFrame f)
  {
    theScrollPane = new JScrollPane();
    bigpanel = new JPanel();//carrier
    leftpanel = new JPanel();//for names
    southPanel = new JPanel();//for button
    theTextField = new JTextField();
    addName = new JButton();

    leftpanel.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
    bigpanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));
    bigpanel.add(leftpanel);
    theScrollPane.setViewportView(bigpanel);

    f.getContentPane().add(theScrollPane,BorderLayout.CENTER);
    theTextField.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(150, 20));

     theTextField.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
     {
       public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
       addDActionPerformed(evt);

       if(f.getHeight() < (desktop.getHeight()-jToolBar1.getHeight()-jMenuBar1.getHeight()-200))////this is what I tried but did not work!!!!!
       {
         f.setSize(f.getWidth(), f.getHeight() + 12);
       }
     }
     });

     addName.setText("Add name");
     addName.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
     {
       public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {

        addDActionPerformed(evt);
        int h =desktop.getHeight();
        System.out.println("desktop hieght"+h);
        int t = jToolBar1.getHeight();
        System.out.println("toolbar hieght"+t);
        int m = jMenuBar1.getHeight();
        System.out.println("menubar hieght"+m);

       f.setSize(f.getWidth(),f.getHeight()+ 12);//it should be applied here too!!!!
     }
     });

    southPanel.add(theTextField);
    southPanel.add(addName);

    f.setFrameIcon(null);
    f.getContentPane().add(southPanel,BorderLayout.SOUTH);
  }

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    private void addDActionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
   {

     JLabel label = new JLabel(theTextField.getText());
     GridBagConstraints gridBagConstraints =new GridBagConstraints();

     allDoctors[nrOfDsAdded] = new doctor();
     allDoctors[nrOfDsAdded].setName(theTextField.getText());

     label.setText(theTextField.getText());
     theTextField.setText("");

     gridBagConstraints.gridx = 0;
     gridBagConstraints.gridy = nrOfDsAdded;
     gridBagConstraints.anchor = GridBagConstraints.WEST;

     nrOfDsAdded++;

     leftpanel.add(label, gridBagConstraints);

     leftpanel.revalidate();
     leftpanel.repaint();

   }

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   public void main( String[] args )
     {
       m frame = new m() ;
       frame.show() ;
     }
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////

}//hframe

there might be some mistakes due to cut and paste but you get the idea from this code
thank you

that worked.
Thank you

:)