Creating labels while program is running

Question

hey guys,
im working on a program that will shoot jlabels as bullets, but am having trouble creating the jlabels in program...
heres my code
private javax.swing.JLabel[] shot = new javax.swing.JLabel[10000];
public void fire()
     if(direction==0)
     shot[shots] = new javax.swing.JLabel();
     shot[shots].setLocation(100,100);
     shot[shots].setText("TESTING");
     shot[shots].setVisible(true);
its weird, the label is created because i tested by doing...
otherlabel.setLocation(shot[shots].getX(),shot[shots].getY());
and the otherlabel will move to a location
any ideas?

Answer 1

Did you read the link to the add() documentation?
If you intend to add it to the frame you would say:
shot[shots] = new javax.swing.JLabel("TESTING");
shot[shots].setLocation(100,100);
    // not needed
//shot[shots].setText("TESTING");
//shot[shots].setVisible(true);
shooterForm.add(shot[shots])Note that since you are setting the position of the label the frame (or rather its content pane) should have a null layout.