Repaint not running properly when called in another class/actionlistener

Question

I've got this code that is suppose to call and create a JPanel
(The frame and timeframe variables were declared statically at the beginning of the class)
When I call the runGame1 method from the main, the code runs fine and my JPanel is being repainted with the time and pictures, but when I can this runGame1 method from an ActionListener/actionPerformed method, it doesn't repaint properly and the while loop is running properly but I think there isn't enough resources for the method to actually paint my JFrame?? The JFrames open but nothing is painted.
Anyone know what I can do?
More Info........................
Basically my program contains a title JFrame and 2 game JFrames, I want to be able to call the game JFrames from the title JFrames and go back and forth from the JPanels.
The title JFrame consists of just components such as JLabels and JButtons.
One of the game JFrames consists of JLabels, JTextFields and JButtons, basically the method generates random numbers and an arithmetic operation that the user has to calculate and enter in the program and the program checks if its correct or not.
One of the game JFrames consist of a paint method that paints circles and the user has to click on it and when a circle is clicked on, it is repainted to not show the circle.(a coordinate system is used etc etc)
public static void runGame1(){
          k=20;
          kcolor=2;
          fillcolor();
          checkcolor();
          frame = new Circlepix();
          timeframe = new TimerPanel();
          time1 = System.currentTimeMillis();     
          //Repaints the count down
          while((60-seconds)>0){
               try{
                    Thread.sleep(1000);
               catch(InterruptedException e){
               timeframe.repaint();
               System.out.println("aaa");
          timeframe.dispose();
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
               if (e.getActionCommand().equals("Reset Scores"))
                    game1score=0;
                    game2score=0;
               else if(e.getActionCommand().equals("Speed Circles")){
               mainframe.dispose();
               runGame1();
          }

Answer 1

main is running in a different thread (the main thread)
action events are sent via the event dispatch thread, and painting is done on the event dispatch thread.
You should always be calling your runGame1 method from a separate thread of your own, so you don't block the event dispatch thread and painting
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/concurrency/index.html
Edited by: bsampieri on Jun 5, 2008 4:50 PM