It compiles and runs, but scrollPane doesn't work.

Question

Bah. Why doesn't my scrollPane work? It compiles and runs but my scrollbars for the text area are nowhere to be found. This is the code I'm using to handle my scrollpane.
public Display() {
               setLayout(null);
               setPreferredSize(new Dimension(270, 300));
               setSize(270, 300);
               items = new JTextArea(5, 5);
               items.setBounds(5, 5, 270, 260); //x,y,width,height
               items.setEditable(false);
            JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(items);
            scrollPane.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
            scrollPane.setVerticalScrollBar(new JScrollBar(Scrollbar.VERTICAL));
            JScrollBar vScrollBar = scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar();
            vScrollBar.setAutoscrolls(true);
            scrollPane.setVerticalScrollBar(vScrollBar);
            add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
               add(items);
               amount = new JTextField(".00");
               amount.setBounds(5, 275, 266, 25);
               amount.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.RIGHT);
               amount.setEditable(false);
               add(amount);
          }I'm also having a problem with this one. Apparently, my I uncomment this, the compiler says "cannot find symbol getImage()" which is odd because I've imported the proper package with this method.
private ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon("BKLogo.gif");
          public void paintComponent(Graphics background)
               background.drawImage(background.getImage(), 0, 0, null);  
               //setOpaque( false );
               //super.paintComponent(background);
               }

Answer 1

You know what you need to do then: post an SSCCE (Short, Self Contained, Correct (Compilable), Example). For info on what this entails, look at these two sites:
http://javafaq.mine.nu/lookup?22
http://www.physci.org/codes/sscce.jsp