Running in invisible mode

Question

Hi,
I have a Java Frame that i want to run in invisible mode. The problem is that i have to set it to visible first, then invisible otherwise it doesn't seem to execute. Also if i set it to ICONIFIED, the program doesn't run until it is maximized.
How can i make it so i never have to make it visible and have it still run?
Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

First explain what you mean by "executing a frame". Hi, this is the first time i have done anything in Java. I am trying to run this java program from a C program, but don't want to see the window pop up at all. But if i don't have the f.setVisible(true) where it is, the viewer modules, which are capturing streaming data and writing to bmp's to not work. The same is true if i set to ICONIFIED.
Thanks, hope this helps...
public static void main(String args[])
ms_standalone = true;
Frame f = new Frame(AppID.getAppID().getAppName());
f.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we)
System.exit(0);
f.setSize(352, 320);
f.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
int numCams = 0;
StringBuffer concatURL = new StringBuffer();
for (int i=0;i< args.length;i++)
String arg = args;
if (arg.startsWith("-")) {
int eqidx = arg.indexOf("=")+1;
if (arg.startsWith("-num=")) {
numCams = Character.getNumericValue(arg.charAt(eqidx));
} else {
usage();
System.exit(0);
} else {
if (concatURL.length() != 0)
concatURL.append("|");
concatURL.append(arg.trim());
// create multiple viewers
Viewer cv[] = new Viewer[numCams];
for (int i = 0;i < numCams; i++) {
cv[i] = new Viewer();
cv[i].m_parameters.put(PAR_ACCESSORIES, "none");
String tmpStr = concatURL.toString() + i + ".a";
cv[i].m_parameters.put("url", tmpStr);
cv[i].m_camNum = i;
f.add(BorderLayout.CENTER, cv[i]);
cv[i].init();
f.setVisible(true);
cv[i].start();
f.setVisible(false);