Setting location of components

I am new to Java and have learned a little about the setLocation() function. However, this only allows me to set my location after an event trigger. is there a way that I can use this or some other function to set the location of my components at the start of the application.
I am using a flow layout manager:
getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));
but this still seems to not give me the type of control I would like. I would like to specify the exact location of the components if this is possible.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks for your time.

You could use a null layout manager and do it yourself, but I don't recommend this.
What you want is power, full control, domination of your layout manager, I can see your a man who knows where your going. What you need is the awesome, one of a kind, GridBagLayout. It is hard to understand at first, but it works just as you need.

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