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"John P. McGrath" wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Jan 2000 19:33:16 -0500, Timothy Reaves wrote:
>
> > rwilkman wrote:
> >
> > > Component.show() (which is where this eventually ends up)
> > > was deprecated in 1.1.  It's a JDK 1.0 call.
> >
> > Yes, but Window.show() is NOT deprecated.  It is a better
> > method to use, is it not?
>
> --snip--
> The docs for Window.show() says that it will bring the Window to the
> front.  The docs for Component.setVisible(boolean) do not mention this,
> because it applies to other Components besides Windows, and it does not
> have that behavior for the other types of Components.  Similarly, the
> docs for the Dialog show() method describe the effects of show() on a
> modal dialog, but those behaviors also apply to setVisible(true) on a
> Dialog.

    But setVisable(true) does NOT bring the window to the foreground.