Need help fine tuning my code

Question

This program im making is eventualy going to end up as an attack calculator; the thing is i need help finetuning my program so that a) when it is run it will start at the very top of the window ancestory. b) the 2 windows are locked onto the same ancestory (ancestory is the position of the window relitive to the others: ie the window that is on top of another is higher on the ancestory). this code runs and should easily cut and paste.
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class AttackCalculator implements ActionListener{
     * Create the GUI and show it.  For thread safety,
     * this method should be invoked from the
     * event-dispatching thread.
     "Use the legend below for the correct government number. ",
      "Legend: Democracy = 1, Communism = 2, Autocracy = 3, Fascism = 4, ",
      "Monarchy = 5, Pacifism = 6, Technocracy = 7, Theocracy = 8, ",
      "Anarchy = 9, Corpocracy = 10, Ochlocracy = 11, Physiocracy = 12 ",
       public static void createAndShowGUI(){
       String[] labels = {
      "Enter how many troops you have: ", "Enter how many tanks you have: ",
      "Enter how many jets you have: ", "Enter how many ships you have: ",
      "Enter your government type (1-12 refer above): ","Enter your health(%)",
      "Enter your stage number (1-4): ", "Enter how many troops your enemy has: ",
      "Enter how many tanks your enemy has: ", "Enter how many jets your enemy has: ",
      "Enter how many ships your enemy has: ", "Enter your enemy's government type (1-12 refer above): ",
      "Enter your enemy's stage number (1-4): ", "Enter your enemy health: "};
        int numPairs = labels.length;
       JTextField[] textField = {
       new JTextField( 10 ), new JTextField( 1 ), new JTextField( 1 ), new JTextField( 1 ), new JTextField( 1 ),
       new JTextField( 1 ), new JTextField( 10 ), new JTextField( 1 ), new JTextField( 1 ), new JTextField( 1 ),
       new JTextField( 1 ), new JTextField( 1 ), new JTextField( 1 ), new JTextField( 1 )};
        //Create and populate the panel.
        JPanel p = new JPanel(new SpringLayout());
        for (int i = 0; i < numPairs; i++) {
            JLabel l = new JLabel(labels, JLabel.TRAILING);
p.add(l);
l.setLabelFor(textField[i]);
p.add(textField[i]);
JLabel l = new JLabel("Your union has 2+ members", JLabel.TRAILING);
p.add(l);
JCheckBox checkBox = new JCheckBox("", false);
l.setLabelFor( checkBox );
p.add(checkBox );
JLabel la = new JLabel("Enemy's union 2+ members", JLabel.TRAILING);
p.add(la);
JCheckBox jcheckBox = new JCheckBox("", false);
la.setLabelFor( jcheckBox );
p.add(jcheckBox);
JButton calculate = new JButton("Calculate");
p.add(calculate);
//Lay out the panel.
SpringUtilities.makeCompactGrid(p,
16, 2, //rows, cols
6, 6, //initX, initY
6, 6); //xPad, yPad
JFrame contentPane = new JFrame();
contentPane.setSize(420, 105);
JLabel title1 = new JLabel("Use the legend below for the correct government number. \n");
JLabel title2 = new JLabel("Legend: Democracy = 1, Communism = 2, Autocracy = 3, Fascism = 4, \n");
JLabel title3 = new JLabel("Monarchy = 5, Pacifism = 6, Technocracy = 7, Theocracy = 8, \n");
JLabel title4 = new JLabel("Anarchy = 9, Corpocracy = 10, Ochlocracy = 11, Physiocracy = 12 " );
contentPane.add( title1 );
contentPane.add( title2 );
contentPane.add( title3 );
contentPane.add( title4 );
SpringLayout layout = new SpringLayout();
contentPane.setLayout(layout);
//Adjust constraints for the label so it's at (5,5).
layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, title1,
5,
SpringLayout.WEST, contentPane);
layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.NORTH, title1,
5,
SpringLayout.NORTH, contentPane);
//Adjust constraints for the label so it's at (5,5).
layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, title2,
5,
SpringLayout.WEST, contentPane);
layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.NORTH, title2,
20,
SpringLayout.NORTH, contentPane);
//Adjust constraints for the label so it's at (5,5).
layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, title3,
5,
SpringLayout.WEST, contentPane);
layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.NORTH, title3,
35,
SpringLayout.NORTH, contentPane);
//Adjust constraints for the label so it's at (5,5).
layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, title4,
5,
SpringLayout.WEST, contentPane);
layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.NORTH, title4,
50,
SpringLayout.NORTH, contentPane);
//Create and set up the window.
JFrame frame1 = new JFrame("Endless Revolution Attack Calculator");
frame1.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
//Make sure we have nice window decorations.
JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
//Set up the content pane.
p.setOpaque(true); //content panes must be opaque
frame1.setContentPane(p);
//Display the window.
frame1.pack();
frame1.setLocationRelativeTo( null );
frame1.setVisible(true);
contentPane.setLocationRelativeTo( null );
contentPane.setVisible(true);
public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent evt){
public static void main(String[] args) {
//Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
//creating and showing this application's GUI.
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
here is the second class needed to run
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.SpringLayout;
import java.awt.*;
* A 1.4 file that provides utility methods for
* creating form- or grid-style layouts with SpringLayout.
* These utilities are used by several programs, such as
* SpringBox and SpringCompactGrid.
public class SpringUtilities {
     * A debugging utility that prints to stdout the component's
     * minimum, preferred, and maximum sizes.
    public static void printSizes(Component c) {
        System.out.println("minimumSize = " + c.getMinimumSize());
        System.out.println("preferredSize = " + c.getPreferredSize());
        System.out.println("maximumSize = " + c.getMaximumSize());
     * Aligns the first <code>rows</code> * <code>cols</code>
     * components of <code>parent</code> in
     * a grid. Each component is as big as the maximum
     * preferred width and height of the components.
     * The parent is made just big enough to fit them all.
     * @param rows number of rows
     * @param cols number of columns
     * @param initialX x location to start the grid at
     * @param initialY y location to start the grid at
     * @param xPad x padding between cells
     * @param yPad y padding between cells
    public static void makeGrid(Container parent,
                                int rows, int cols,
                                int initialX, int initialY,
                                int xPad, int yPad) {
        SpringLayout layout;
        try {
            layout = (SpringLayout)parent.getLayout();
        } catch (ClassCastException exc) {
            System.err.println("The first argument to makeGrid must use SpringLayout.");
            return;
        Spring xPadSpring = Spring.constant(xPad);
        Spring yPadSpring = Spring.constant(yPad);
        Spring initialXSpring = Spring.constant(initialX);
        Spring initialYSpring = Spring.constant(initialY);
        int max = rows * cols;
        //Calculate Springs that are the max of the width/height so that all
        //cells have the same size.
        Spring maxWidthSpring = layout.getConstraints(parent.getComponent(0)).
                                    getWidth();
        Spring maxHeightSpring = layout.getConstraints(parent.getComponent(0)).
                                    getWidth();
        for (int i = 1; i < max; i++) {
            SpringLayout.Constraints cons = layout.getConstraints(
                                            parent.getComponent(i));
            maxWidthSpring = Spring.max(maxWidthSpring, cons.getWidth());
            maxHeightSpring = Spring.max(maxHeightSpring, cons.getHeight());
        //Apply the new width/height Spring. This forces all the
        //components to have the same size.
        for (int i = 0; i < max; i++) {
            SpringLayout.Constraints cons = layout.getConstraints(
                                            parent.getComponent(i));
            cons.setWidth(maxWidthSpring);
            cons.setHeight(maxHeightSpring);
        //Then adjust the x/y constraints of all the cells so that they
        //are aligned in a grid.
        SpringLayout.Constraints lastCons = null;
        SpringLayout.Constraints lastRowCons = null;
        for (int i = 0; i < max; i++) {
            SpringLayout.Constraints cons = layout.getConstraints(
                                                 parent.getComponent(i));
            if (i % cols == 0) { //start of new row
                lastRowCons = lastCons;
                cons.setX(initialXSpring);
            } else { //x position depends on previous component
                cons.setX(Spring.sum(lastCons.getConstraint(SpringLayout.EAST),
                                     xPadSpring));
            if (i / cols == 0) { //first row
                cons.setY(initialYSpring);
            } else { //y position depends on previous row
                cons.setY(Spring.sum(lastRowCons.getConstraint(SpringLayout.SOUTH),
                                     yPadSpring));
            lastCons = cons;
        //Set the parent's size.
        SpringLayout.Constraints pCons = layout.getConstraints(parent);
        pCons.setConstraint(SpringLayout.SOUTH,
                            Spring.sum(
                                Spring.constant(yPad),
                                lastCons.getConstraint(SpringLayout.SOUTH)));
        pCons.setConstraint(SpringLayout.EAST,
                            Spring.sum(
                                Spring.constant(xPad),
                                lastCons.getConstraint(SpringLayout.EAST)));
    /* Used by makeCompactGrid. */
    private static SpringLayout.Constraints getConstraintsForCell(
                                                int row, int col,
                                                Container parent,
                                                int cols) {
        SpringLayout layout = (SpringLayout) parent.getLayout();
        Component c = parent.getComponent(row * cols + col);
        return layout.getConstraints(c);
     * Aligns the first <code>rows</code> * <code>cols</code>
     * components of <code>parent</code> in
     * a grid. Each component in a column is as wide as the maximum
     * preferred width of the components in that column;
     * height is similarly determined for each row.
     * The parent is made just big enough to fit them all.
     * @param rows number of rows
     * @param cols number of columns
     * @param initialX x location to start the grid at
     * @param initialY y location to start the grid at
     * @param xPad x padding between cells
     * @param yPad y padding between cells
    public static void makeCompactGrid(Container parent,
                                       int rows, int cols,
                                       int initialX, int initialY,
                                       int xPad, int yPad) {
        SpringLayout layout;
        try {
            layout = (SpringLayout)parent.getLayout();
        } catch (ClassCastException exc) {
            System.err.println("The first argument to makeCompactGrid must use SpringLayout.");
            return;
        //Align all cells in each column and make them the same width.
        Spring x = Spring.constant(initialX);
        for (int c = 0; c < cols; c++) {
            Spring width = Spring.constant(0);
            for (int r = 0; r < rows; r++) {
                width = Spring.max(width,
                                   getConstraintsForCell(r, c, parent, cols).
                                       getWidth());
            for (int r = 0; r < rows; r++) {
                SpringLayout.Constraints constraints =
                        getConstraintsForCell(r, c, parent, cols);
                constraints.setX(x);
                constraints.setWidth(width);
            x = Spring.sum(x, Spring.sum(width, Spring.constant(xPad)));
        //Align all cells in each row and make them the same height.
        Spring y = Spring.constant(initialY);
        for (int r = 0; r < rows; r++) {
            Spring height = Spring.constant(0);
            for (int c = 0; c < cols; c++) {
                height = Spring.max(height,
                                    getConstraintsForCell(r, c, parent, cols).
                                        getHeight());
            for (int c = 0; c < cols; c++) {
                SpringLayout.Constraints constraints =
                        getConstraintsForCell(r, c, parent, cols);
                constraints.setY(y);
                constraints.setHeight(height);
            y = Spring.sum(y, Spring.sum(height, Spring.constant(yPad)));
        //Set the parent's size.
        SpringLayout.Constraints pCons = layout.getConstraints(parent);
        pCons.setConstraint(SpringLayout.SOUTH, y);
        pCons.setConstraint(SpringLayout.EAST, x);
}I know this is a lot but when I have tried to put out the portion where I belived the problem to be, didnt work, people couldent help, so here it is all of it.

Answer 1

it wouldn't run for me, until I changed these lines
contentPane.add( title1 );
contentPane.add( title2 );
contentPane.add( title3 );
contentPane.add( title4 );
SpringLayout layout = new SpringLayout();
contentPane.setLayout(layout);
to these
contentPane.getContentPane().add( title1 );
contentPane.getContentPane().add( title2 );
contentPane.getContentPane().add( title3 );
contentPane.getContentPane().add( title4 );
SpringLayout layout = new SpringLayout();
contentPane.getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
then it worked OK, smaller frame on top (the one with the info), larger frame behind.
both above all other windows
made it into a .jar file (in case IDE influenced above) and ran the same way