Refresh the applet !!!!!!

Question

We developed an internationalizated applet with jdk1.3.0 and we used hide and show functions
to repaint the applet and obtain the applet with the new language selected.
Now in Swing with jdk1.3.1 hide and show are deprecated and the setVisible doesn't do the same.
We have tried some options, here you have the code of the function that realizes the change of
the idiom:
private void canviIdioma( String str )
if( str.equals( "Angl?s" ) )
language = new String( "en" );
country = new String( "US" );
if(str.equals( "Catal?" ))
language = new String( "ca" );
country = new String( "CA" );
currentLocale = new Locale( language,country );
missatges = ResourceBundle.getBundle( "ResourceBundle",currentLocale );
myCollator=Collator.getInstance( currentLocale );
repaint();
System.out.println(missatges.getString("titol1"));
// getContentPane().invalidate();
// getContentPane().validate();
// setVisible(false); //hide
// setVisible(true); //show
// hide();
// show();
// invalidate();
// repaint();
// revalidate();
// getContentPane().revalidate();
// doLayout();
// setVisible(true);
The change of the idiom is done correctly because the System.out.println writes the correct string.
What must we do to repaint ?
Thanks

Answer 1

The only thing which comes to my mind now is that you are not specifying what to repaint.
If the applet is in the same class, try
this.repaint();
If you the applet in a different class like
class hello extends applet
//code
then you can call
hello.repaint();