Painting over components

Question

Hi,
I have the following panel which displays a series of labels, however when i try and draw a string onto the panel, all of the components disappear when the string is drawn, can someone please help me.
Thanks
Cath
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class CurrentPlayersPane extends JPanel
     public CurrentPlayersPane()
          setLayout(null);
          red = new ImageIcon("images/red.gif");
          yellow = new ImageIcon("images/yellow.gif");
          green = new ImageIcon("images/green.gif");
          blue = new ImageIcon("images/blue.gif");
          cyan = new ImageIcon("images/cyan.gif");
          magenta = new ImageIcon("images/magenta.gif");
          red_l = new JLabel(red); red_l.setBounds(RIGHT, 10, 14, 14); add(red_l);
          yellow_l = new JLabel(yellow); yellow_l.setBounds(RIGHT, 27, 14, 14); add(yellow_l);
          green_l = new JLabel(green); green_l.setBounds(RIGHT, 44, 14, 14); add(green_l);
          blue_l = new JLabel(blue); blue_l.setBounds(RIGHT, 61, 14, 14); add(blue_l);
          cyan_l = new JLabel(cyan); cyan_l.setBounds(RIGHT, 78, 14, 14); add(cyan_l);
          magenta_l = new JLabel(magenta); magenta_l.setBounds(RIGHT, 95, 14, 14); add(magenta_l);
          player1 = new JLabel(); player1.setBounds(RIGHT+20, 10, 100, 14); add(player1);
          player2 = new JLabel(); player2.setBounds(RIGHT+20, 27, 100, 14); add(player2);
          player3 = new JLabel(); player3.setBounds(RIGHT+20, 44, 100, 14); add(player3);
          player4 = new JLabel(); player4.setBounds(RIGHT+20, 61, 100, 14); add(player4);
          player5 = new JLabel(); player5.setBounds(RIGHT+20, 78, 100, 14); add(player5);
          player6 = new JLabel(); player6.setBounds(RIGHT+20, 95, 100, 14); add(player6);
          arrow = new ImageIcon("images/arrow.gif");
          arrow_l = new JLabel(arrow); add(arrow_l);
     public void paint(Graphics g) {
          g.drawString("Hello World", 75, 50);
     // displayName() - Display the name of a player on the game board
     private void displayName(String name, int playerNo) {
          switch(playerNo)
               case 1:
                    player1.setText(name);
                    break;
               case 2:
                    player2.setText(name);
                    break;
               case 3:
                    player3.setText(name);
                    break;
               case 4:
                    player4.setText(name);
                    break;
               case 5:
                    player5.setText(name);
                    break;
               case 6:
                    player6.setText(name);
                    break;
     // moveArrow() - Move the arrow to point to the current player
     public void moveArrow(int playerNo) {
          arrow_l.setBounds(10, ARROWPOS[playerNo - 1], 29, 15);
     private Icon red, yellow, green, blue, cyan, magenta;
     private JLabel red_l, yellow_l, green_l, blue_l, cyan_l, magenta_l;
     private JLabel player1, player2, player3, player4, player5, player6;
     private ImageIcon arrow;
     private JLabel arrow_l;
     private final static int RIGHT = 45;
     private final static int[] ARROWPOS = {10, 27, 44, 61, 78, 95};
}

Answer 1

sorry, one more question, i need a panel which needs to shows some components (e.g. JSlider and labels) only at specific times. So there will be a blank panel most of the time but occasionally i will need to show these components, how can i achieve this?
Many thanks
Cath