Components are not visible in the beginning..

Question

Hai ..
The contents(TextFields Labels and Buttons) of my application are displayed only after i resize the frame manually.. Why is it so.. Is there any way to make them visible as soon as i run the application..
This happens only for the first time(ie immediately after running the application..).. I guess its because of the Focus not being given to the Frame in the beginning(I may be wrong.. Correct me if i am wrong).. Any one with any solution??
Thanks in advance!!

Answer 1

/* This program is meant for opening the internet explorer on typing the search text in the TextField and pressing enter*/
public Search()
f=new Frame();
maxwidth=Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize().width;
maxheight=Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize().height;
f.setBounds(maxwidth-200,0,200,maxheight);
f.setVisible(true);
f.setLayout(null);
f.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
f.setForeground(Color.RED);
st=new JTextField();
sl=new JLabel("Search");
sl.setBounds(25,525,150,25);
st.setBounds(25,565,150,25);
sl.setForeground(Color.RED);
f.add(sl);f.add(st);
/* On pressing Enter i try to convert the contents in the textbox in a search string to be used in google*/
st.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter()
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent ke)
if(ke.getKeyCode()==KeyEvent.VK_ENTER)
searchstring=st.getText();
char ss[]=searchstring.toCharArray();
for(int i=0;i<ss.length;i++)
if(ss==' ')
ss[i]='+';
searchstring=new String(ss);
try
p=Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q="++searchstring++"&meta=");
catch(Exception e1)
System.out.println("Internet Explorer not found in C drive");
try
p=Runtime.getRuntime().exec("E:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=+"+searchstring++"&meta=");
catch(Exception e2)
System.out.println("Internet Explorer not found in E drive");
f.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we)
f.setVisible(false);
/* This imgpanel is used to display an image in the JPanel*/
imgpanel=new JPanel();
imgpanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,1));
f.add(imgpanel);
imgpanel.setBounds(25,50,150,150);
img=Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("sample.jpg");
img=img.getScaledInstance(150,150,Image.SCALE_SMOOTH);
imgicon=new ImageIcon(img);
imglabel=new JLabel(imgicon);
imglabel.setVisible(false);
imgpanel.add(imglabel);
On executin the code i get the frame visible .. The JPanel is also visible but the image is not present.. Its visible once I resize the frame.. Also the TextField(for getting the search text)and the associated JLabels are sometimes not visible.. They are visible only if i bring some other window in front of it or if i resize the Frame..
Thanks!!
Edited by: s.baalajee on Jan 7, 2009 9:44 AM
Edited by: s.baalajee on Jan 7, 2009 9:45 AM