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John

Thanks for the reply..

Problem is when I use the system maximize button on the JFrame.

David Browne has shown the way in his reply to the original post .. looks 
like a bug in UIManager.getCrossPlatformLookAndFeelClassName()

db

"John McGrath [TeamB]" <ng-b@JPMcGrath.net> wrote in message 
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> On 10/8/2004 at 2:32:34 PM, David Bolsover wrote:
>
>> Using a JFrame for an application window - when maximised this hides the
>> M$ taskbar - how do I prevent this?
>
> Is it filling the display when you use the system maximize button on the
> JFrame?  Or are you trying to maximize the JFrame programmatically?
>
> If the former, that should never happen.  If the latter, it should not
> happen either, assuming you are actually maximizing the frame, as opposed
> to setting the bounds for the frame to the bounds of the display.
>
> You can maximize the frame with the following line of code:
>
>    frame.setExtendedState( Frame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH );
>
> This works on JDK 1.4 and later.
>
> -- 
> Regards,
>
> John McGrath [TeamB]
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