🚀 go-pugleaf

I've put together a very simple application.  All you do is select an
image file (jpeg or gif) through the File Dialog box and the app
displays it.  The thing is that the images are not always diplayed right
away.  If an image is not displayed right away I have to resize the app
to see the image.

I've tried adding validate() to the JFrame, the TransparentImage, and
the JScrollpane with no success.  Either the validate() call does
nothing or it stretches the image to the full dimension of the
JScrollPane.

Is there a tutorial out there on when and how to use the
repaint()/validate() functions?  I know others have overcome this
problem before.

The code:

  void jmiOpen_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
    filer.show();        // Open File Dialog
    String imageFile = filer.getDirectory() + filer.getFile(); // Get
file selected

    try {
     //image is of type TransparentImage inside of a JScrollPane
container
      image.setImageName(imageFile);     // load the new image
      image.setSize(image.getPreferredSize());  //use new image's
dimension
      this.repaint(); // this = JFrame
    } catch (IOException imgException) {
      System.out.println(imgException.toString());
    }
    System.out.println(imageFile);
  }

Any help appreciated.

Thanks!