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Paul:

I don't know if the heavyweight v. lightweight item has survived into
the most recent hints and tips files.

-Rich

"Paul Furbacher [TeamB]" wrote:
> 
> Velu Erwan wrote:
> >
> > yeah, now it's working like this !
> > how can i fix it ?
> > The combo works as i want but it's flashing !
> 
> That indeed means, as was pointed out several times
> in a separate thread, that you are mixing light- and
> heavyweight components.
> 
> Try the simplest case:
> 
> 1. Create a new Frame, not a JFrame.
> 2. Place your JComboBox onto that Frame.  Make sure it
>    has a lot of room between the bottom edge of the
>    combobox and the bottom of the frame.  To do the
>    test properly, you don't want to have the list
>    exceed the bottom of the window.
> 3. Programmatically set three items in that combobox.
> 4. Run.
> 
> Do you now see the drop-down list?  (You shouldn't.
> You should only see a bit of flicker.)
> 
> Now, do the same 4 steps, but use a JFrame.
> 
> For more background on the light- / heavyweight issue,
> please read the "Hints and Tips.txt" file in the JBuilder
> folder.
> 
> Paul Furbacher (TeamB)