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The problem is not so bad when I do

frame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(false).  In this case, only part of the
status bar is not visible and I click the Maximize button of the frame, the
frame resizes itself correctly.

BTW, I use JBuilder X Foundation on Windows 2000 "Professional"

TIA

"George" <geo_54321@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> My application has a frame window whose initial size is set to the screen
> size at application startup with the following  statement:
>
> frame.setSize(frame.getToolkit().getScreenSize).
>
> I have a menu option to set the Look and Feel dynamically.  However I find
> that when I switch from Metal (the startup default) to, say, Windows the
> size of the frame window gets changed to something larger than the screen.
> I can no longer see the Minimize, Maximize and Close buttons in the top
> right hand corner of the frame.  The status bar at the bottom is also not
> visible.
>
> This is how I am changing the look and feel (copied from tutorial)
>
>
>
UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel
> ");
>     SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(frame);
>     frame.pack()
>
> Any help on what I'm doing wrong would be appreciated.
>
> TIA
> George
>
>

George wrote:

> My application has a frame window whose initial size is set to the screen
> size at application startup with the following  statement:
> 
> frame.setSize(frame.getToolkit().getScreenSize).
> 

And there-in lies your problem.  Never do this.

I worked with cross-platform GUI's in C for years.  This issue of 
switching L&F on the fly is a thorny one.  EVERY L&F has differently 
sized frame decorations, so when you start sizing the frame and messing 
with L&F at the same time, you will never get what you want.

If you want your application to fill the screen, then set it 
"maximized".  See Frame.setExtendedState(int) for details.

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I changed to Frame.SetExtendedState(int) but it doesn't make much
difference.  The sizing problem is still there.

BTW, the L&Fs on offer in my program are just the usual Metal, Motif &
Windows combination just as in JBuilder itself.

"Lori M Olson (TeamB)" <javadragon@techie.com> wrote in message
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> George wrote:
>
> > My application has a frame window whose initial size is set to the
screen
> > size at application startup with the following  statement:
> >
> > frame.setSize(frame.getToolkit().getScreenSize).
> >
>
> And there-in lies your problem.  Never do this.
>
> I worked with cross-platform GUI's in C for years.  This issue of
> switching L&F on the fly is a thorny one.  EVERY L&F has differently
> sized frame decorations, so when you start sizing the frame and messing
> with L&F at the same time, you will never get what you want.
>
> If you want your application to fill the screen, then set it
> "maximized".  See Frame.setExtendedState(int) for details.
>
> -- 
>
> Regards,
>
> Lori Olson (TeamB)
>
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