Re: What class to use for a StatusBar?

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From: Paul Furbacher [TeamB]
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 00:00

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Tor Iver Wilhelmsen wrote:
> 
> "Sweder Schellens" <sweder.schellens@qa-systems.com> writes:
> 
> > JLabel statusBar = new JLabel();
> > statusBar.setText("Scanning " + directory.toString());
> >
> > The problem is that the status bar doesn't display anything at all.
> > It looks like an update problem.
> > What am I doing wrong?
> 
> You are calling setText() while in the AWT event thread. The actual
> update in the GUI won't happen until the thread finishes with your
> code and gets to the repaint() event pending.
> 
> Solution: Do the actual "work" in a separate thread.

To amplify on this just slightly, see this article on 
using the SwingWorkerThread:

  http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/tsc/articles/threads/threads2.html


Paul Furbacher (TeamB)

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