JDialog/JTable sizing

Question

I have a JDialog with a JTable/scroll pane. The JTable has headers but no data initially.
I want to set the min size samller than the initial size.
When I try setSize/setPreferred size this is not working. It always inits to the min size.
    public TheDialog(Frame parent)
        super(parent);
        theModel = new TheTableModel();
        theTable      = new TheTable(thetableModel);
        Dimension size = new Dimension(100,400);
        setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(theTable,
                                                 JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED,
                                                 JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
        scrollPane.setPreferredSize(size);
        scrollPane.setSize(size);
        add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);  
        setPreferredSize(size);
        setSize(size);
       setMinimumSize(new Dimension(100,20));

Answer 1

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Maybe the following will work:
table.setPreferredScrollableViewportSize(...);If you need further help then you need to create a [Short, Self Contained, Compilable and Executable, Example Program (SSCCE)|http://homepage1.nifty.com/algafield/sscce.html], that demonstrates the incorrect behaviour.
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