GUI components only appear when mouse passes over them???

Question

I have a frame that contains componentes but they only appear when my mouse passes over them or clicks on them. can any one help with this. i do only set vibible after i have added them but the problem seems the same as if i haddent.

Answer 1

Sorry i couldn't make a SSCCE because it doesnt happen with small programs. my code is pretty long but here it is if any one can help.
   import java.io.*;
   import javax.swing.*;
   import java.awt.*;
   import java.awt.event.*;
   import java.awt.image.*;
   import jmfdemo.*;
   import java.util.*;
    public class LaserControll extends Frame implements ActionListener
      //Setings
      int vk[]=new int[9];
      int samplePlus=100;
      boolean vis=true;
      int rePaint=1000;
      int time=250;
      int numP=5;
        //End of Settings
      private BufferedImage image1;
      private FrameGrabber vision1;
      private int threshold = 200;
      private Color on = Color.white;
      private Color off = Color.black;
      int x,y;
      Rectangle r1,r2,r3,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,r9;
      boolean found=false;
       public void paint(Graphics g) {
         if (image1 != null)
            g.drawImage(image1, 10, 30, this);
       public void load()
         try{
            File f=new File("Data");
            Scanner sk=new Scanner(f);
            for (int y=0;y<9;y++)
            {sk.nextInt();
               sk.nextInt();
               sk.nextInt();               
               sk.nextInt();
               vk[y]=sk.nextInt();
            vis=sk.nextBoolean();
            samplePlus=sk.nextInt();
            rePaint=sk.nextInt();
            time=sk.nextInt();
            numP=sk.nextInt();}
             catch(Exception q)
            {System.out.println(q+"");
               JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Error: Data File Cannot be Found","Error",JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
               System.exit(0);
       public void update(Graphics g) {
         paint(g);
       public void getRects()throws IOException
      {File f=new File("Data");
         Scanner sc=new Scanner(f);
         int x,y,w,h;
         x=sc.nextInt();
         y=sc.nextInt();
         w=sc.nextInt();
         h=sc.nextInt();
         sc.nextInt();
         r1=new Rectangle(x,y,w,h);
         x=sc.nextInt();
         y=sc.nextInt();
         w=sc.nextInt();
         h=sc.nextInt();
         sc.nextInt();
         r2=new Rectangle(x,y,w,h);
         x=sc.nextInt();
         y=sc.nextInt();
         w=sc.nextInt();
         h=sc.nextInt();
         sc.nextInt();
         r3=new Rectangle(x,y,w,h);
         x=sc.nextInt();
         y=sc.nextInt();
         w=sc.nextInt();
         h=sc.nextInt();
         sc.nextInt();
         r4=new Rectangle(x,y,w,h);
         x=sc.nextInt();
         y=sc.nextInt();
         w=sc.nextInt();
         h=sc.nextInt();
         sc.nextInt();
         r5=new Rectangle(x,y,w,h);
         x=sc.nextInt();
         y=sc.nextInt();
         w=sc.nextInt();
         h=sc.nextInt();
         sc.nextInt();
         r6=new Rectangle(x,y,w,h);
         x=sc.nextInt();
         y=sc.nextInt();
         w=sc.nextInt();
         h=sc.nextInt();
         sc.nextInt();
         r7=new Rectangle(x,y,w,h);
         x=sc.nextInt();
         y=sc.nextInt();
         w=sc.nextInt();
         h=sc.nextInt();
         sc.nextInt();
         r8=new Rectangle(x,y,w,h);
         x=sc.nextInt();
         y=sc.nextInt();
         w=sc.nextInt();
         h=sc.nextInt();
         sc.nextInt();
         r9=new Rectangle(x,y,w,h);
       public int sample()
      {int sample=image1.getRGB(x/2,y/2);
         int sr,sg,sb;
         Color sc=new Color(sample);
         sr=sc.getRed();
         sb=sc.getBlue();
         sg=sc.getGreen();
         sample=((299 * sr + 587 * sg + 114 * sb) / 1000);
         return sample;
       class WindowListener extends WindowAdapter {
          public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
            System.exit(0);
       public LaserControll()throws Exception {
         Robot r =new Robot();
         load();
         addWindowListener(new WindowListener());
         setTitle("Laser Control");
         try {
            vision1 = new FrameGrabber();
            vision1.start();
             catch(FrameGrabberException fge) {
               System.out.println(fge.getMessage());
         image1 = vision1.getBufferedImage();
         setResizable(false);
         Color col = new Color(229,229,229);
         setBackground(col);
         x=image1.getWidth()-1;
         y=image1.getHeight()-1;
         for (int i=0;i<5000;i++)
            image1 = vision1.getBufferedImage();
            repaint();
         int sample=sample();       
         try{
            getRects();}
             catch(Exception z)
         JButton hide=new JButton("Hide");
         hide.setBounds(35,183,100,20);
         hide.addActionListener(
                new ActionListener() {
                   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
                     setAlwaysOnTop(true);
         JButton rc=new JButton("Recalibrate");
         rc.setBounds(35,160,100,20);
         rc.addActionListener(
                new ActionListener() {
                   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
                  {int sam=sample();
                     JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"New Threshold set to: "+sam+samplePlus,"Recalibrated",JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
         JTextField status= new JTextField("");
         status.setBounds(146,184,20,19);
         status.setEditable(false);
         setLayout(null);
         add(status);
         add(hide);
         add(rc);
         setSize(image1.getWidth(this) + 20, image1.getHeight(this) + 95);
         setVisible(vis);     
      repaint();
         while(true) {
            image1 = vision1.getBufferedImage();
            repaint();
            try {
               Thread.sleep(1);
                catch(Exception e) {
                  System.out.println("Error");
            for (int i=0;i<x;i=i+numP)
               for (int j=0;j<y;j=j+numP)
                  int v=image1.getRGB(i,j);
                  Color c =new Color(v);
                  int red=c.getRed();
                  int green=c.getGreen();
                  int blue=c.getBlue();
                  int b=(299 * red + 587 * green + 114 * blue) / 1000;
                  if (b>sample+samplePlus)
                     if (r1.contains(i,j))
                        r.keyPress(vk[0]);
                        r.keyRelease(vk[0]);
                        status.setText("1");
                        found=true;}
                     if (r2.contains(i,j))
                        r.keyPress(vk[1]);
                        r.keyRelease(vk[1]);
                        status.setText("2");
                        found=true;}
                     if (r3.contains(i,j))
                     { r.keyPress(vk[2]);
                        r.keyRelease(vk[2]);
                        status.setText("3");
                        found=true;}
                     if (r4.contains(i,j))
                     { r.keyPress(vk[3]);
                        r.keyRelease(vk[3]);
                        status.setText("4");
                        found=true;}
                     if (r5.contains(i,j))
                     { r.keyPress(vk[4]);
                        r.keyRelease(vk[4]);
                        status.setText("5");
                        found=true;}
                     if (r6.contains(i,j))
                     { r.keyPress(vk[5]);
                        r.keyRelease(vk[5]);
                        status.setText("6");
                        found=true;}
                     if (r7.contains(i,j))
                     { r.keyPress(vk[6]);
                        r.keyRelease(vk[6]);
                        status.setText("7");
                        found=true;}
                     if (r8.contains(i,j))
                     { r.keyPress(vk[7]);
                        r.keyRelease(vk[7]);
                        status.setText("8");
                        found=true;}
                     if (r9.contains(i,j))
                     { r.keyPress(vk[8]);
                        r.keyRelease(vk[8]);
                        status.setText("9");
                        found=true;}
                     if (found==true)
                        try
                           Thread.sleep(time);
                            catch(Exception e)
                              System.out.println("Error!");
                        sample=sample();
                        for (int z=0;z<rePaint;z++)
                           image1 = vision1.getBufferedImage();
                           repaint();
                        found=false;
           setVisible(vis);
       public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent e)
       public static void main(String[] args)throws Exception {
         LaserControll a=new LaserControll();
   }