Labels in java

Question

hi
i have a code here where in i have added labels to the JPanel according to the java tutorials
but i cant get to display the labels. i am going nuts.
plz help me
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent e)
          String item = e.getActionCommand();
          if(item.equals("Close"))
               System.exit(0);
          else if(item.equals("Maintenance"))
               JFrame venMainFrame = new JFrame("Vendor Maintenance");     
               JPanel contentpane = new JPanel();
               contentpane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(765,690));
               venMainFrame.setContentPane(contentpane);
               //contentpane.setBackground(Color.white);
               venMainFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation  (JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
               venMainFrame.pack();
               setvenfrDesign(venMainFrame);
               venMainFrame.setVisible(true);
     } // action Performed ends here
     public void setvenfrDesign(JFrame venMainFrame)
          JLabel label1, label2, label3, label4, label5, label6;
          JPanel panel = new JPanel();
          panel.add(label1);
          label2 = new JLabel("Vendor First Name");
          label3 = new JLabel("Vendor Last Name");
          label4 = new JLabel("Address");
          label5 = new JLabel("Telephone #");
          label6 = new JLabel("Fax");
     } // end of setvenfrDesign

Answer 1

This may or may not be the missing something -its hard to tell with the code, incomplete as it is, though I think you're missing the word or rather the method 'validate()' somewhere in the code, this will update the initialisation of your components.
either at the end of
item.equals("whatever") or setvenframeDesign("blah")