Modal window staying on top

I've got another question concerning JDialog: I use a class extending JDialog for displaying a window in modal state on top of my main window. Normally the modal window remains on top, but if i switch to another application in windows and then come back to my java-app, i only see the main window, which i can't access, since the JDialog-window theoretically sits on top, but i can't see the JDialog-window and can therefor neither close the JDialog window, nor the main window.
I guess I have to set the main Window as the parent of the JDialog, but i couldn't find out how.
I would be thankful if you could help me.

Hi,
this was a known bug - search the bug database - it is stated closed,fixed - but I also found this behavior in JDK 1.4.0 - it is still there - if another application covers the modal JDialog and you switch back to your application, the JDialog is missing and the application seems to be blocked. You can get arround that by iconizing the application and reopen it again - the JDialog will show up again. I cannot see, what was tried to fix this, but it does not work (under Windows 95/98).
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