ProgressMonitor dialog will not popup

Question

Can anybody tell me what's wrong with the following code? The ProgressMonitor dialog never pops up.
class OkListener implements ActionListener
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
Runnable task = new Runnable()
public void run()
String login = _getJTFLogin().getText();
String pwd = new String(_getJTFPassword().getPassword());
ProgressMonitor progMon = new ProgressMonitor(_parent, "Please wait...", "Authentification", 0, 100);
progMon.setProgress(0);
progMon.setMillisToDecideToPopup(1000);
try
doAuthentification(login, pwd);
catch (Exception exc)
exc.printStackTrace();
finally
progMon.close();
Thread worker = new Thread(task);
worker.start();
And, somehow, if I add a fake Thread.sleep() call and a progMon.setProgress(50) after the doAuthentification() method, the dialog pops up.
Any logic to this? I have read the documentation but nothing seems to explain this behavior.
Thanks a lot!
Guillaume

Answer 1

From mentioning the DIALOGEX, it sounds like you've read one of my many posts on the subject (or figured it out for yourself). An easy may to see if that's the still the problem is when the dialog doesn't show up, it should act like there's a modal dialog you just can't see. I.e., you can't click on AI's menus, panels or the document. If that's the case but when you hit ESC it acts like the invisible dialog has disappeared, it's probably still the DIALOGEX thing in some way. I might have a suggestion or two on that score if that's the case.
Code-wise though, you look fine. So I always strongly lean towards that stupid DIALOGEX problem.