Swing refresh textArea

Hi everybody,

I have a code like this:

public void disableResponse() {
   taResultArea.setText("Sending...");
   taResultArea.setEnabled(false);
   repaint();
}
      
public void sendRequest() {
   // Here I send something to a remote host
   // ...
   taResultArea.setText(response);
   taResultArea.setEnabled(true);
}

And in the action of the button I call both methods, first disableResponse, then sendRequest. Of course the above code doesn´t work, because between the disableResponse call and the sendRequest call I don't allow java to do the repaint work.

I thought the repaint call was enough to do the work... I was wrong. I don't want to put the management of the textArea in a thread. Is there a work around of this without the using of threads?

Best regards,

favelill