No buttons showing

Question

Hello everyone, im new to java and I would be greaful for your help:
My problem is this: my swing app doesn't show the JMenuBar, can any one point me in the direction in where im going wrong?
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.Event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.xml.transform.Source;
public class main extends simpleFrame{
     private shape squareShape;
     private frame aFrame;
      * Menu buttons
     public JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
     public JMenu file = new JMenu("File");
     public JMenuItem start = new JMenuItem("Start");
     public static void main(String[] args)
          main game1 = new main();
          game1.showIt("Title");
     public void gridLayout()
          Source[][] mySpace = new Source[20][20];
     public void main()
          squareShape = new shape(); // makes a new sqaure
          this.setJMenuBar(menuBar);
          menuBar.add(file);
          file.add(start);
          this.getContentPane().add(aFrame);
          pack();
     public void score()
          //to do
}Thank you

Answer 1

can any one point me in the direction in where im going wrong?Well your code isn't complete, so I'm not going to spend time guessing what the rest of it looks like. For example:
a) you reference a method showIt(), but its not included
b) you included a method main() where you attempt to add the menu to the frame, but you never invoke that method from anywhere.
Also, learn the Java coding conventions. For example class names are upper cased. (ie. main should be Main, simpleFrame should be SimpleFrame)
The best I can do is point you to the Swing tutorial on [url http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/menu.html]How to Use Menus which has working examples.
I suggest you download the entire tutorial from here:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/