Displaying a Window on MSWin2000 without title bar

Question

I need a small Java application which can display some text, effectively on the Windows desktop. I can't see it being possible to dynamically change the graphic which is used as wallpaper to include my text, so I was wondering if it is possible to create a window without borders, background or control bar (including the close/maximise/iconise buttons)? All I want is the actual text!
Cheers
Andy

Answer 1

try this sample code
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class WaitingDialog extends JWindow implements MouseMotionListener{
String text="Please waiting...";
Image bg;
public WaitingDialog() {
bg=Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("bg.gif");
     MediaTracker m = new MediaTracker(this);
m.addImage(bg, 0);
try { m.waitForAll();}
catch (InterruptedException exec){}
setSize(200,60);
setLocation(300,260);
public void paint(Graphics g){
// g.setColor(Color.blue);
g.drawImage(bg,0,0,this.getWidth(),this.getHeight(),this);
g.setFont(new Font("Dialog",Font.HANGING_BASELINE,13));
g.setColor(new Color(243,243,243));
g.drawString(text,50,30);
public void setText(String _str){
text=_str;
repaint();
public void repaint(Graphics g){
super.paint(g);
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent me){
setLocation(me.getPoint());
text="Don't drag me.....";
repaint();
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent me1){
//don't care
}