Splash Screen then nothing else (Please Help)

Question

I am doing a project for school and this is the first Splash Screen I have done. My splash screen displays and exits ,but the application doesn't start.
Here is my code for the splash screen:
public class SplashPanel extends JWindow {
private int duration;
private int running;
/** Creates a new instance of SplashPanel */
public SplashPanel(int d) {
duration = d;
public void showSplashPanel(){
JPanel content =(JPanel)getContentPane();
content.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
int width =875;
int height=450;
Dimension screen = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
int x = (screen.width=width)/2;
int y = (screen.height-height)/2;
setBounds(x,y,width,height);
JLabel label = new JLabel(new ImageIcon("chefsong.gif"));
JLabel otherLabel = new JLabel("Welcome to South Park!");
otherLabel.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 20));
Color oraRed = new Color (156, 20, 20, 255);
content.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(oraRed, 10));
setVisible(true);
try{
Thread.sleep(duration);}
catch
(Exception e){}
setVisible(false);
public void showSplashPanelAndExit(){
showSplashPanel();
System.exit(0);
and here is the code for my application:
ublic class DisplayContainer extends JPanel implements spInterface{
private SplashPanel sp;
/** Creates a new instance of DisplayContainer */
public DisplayContainer() {
setLayout(new GridLayout(1,1));
sp= new SplashPanel(10000);
sp.showSplashPanelAndExit();
public void setImagePanel(){
ImagePanel ip1 = new ImagePanel("kyle14.gig");
ImagePanel ip2= new ImagePanel("kenny2.gif");
ImagePanel ip3= new ImagePanel("stan14.gif");
setLayout(new GridLayout(3,1,5,5));
ip1.setDelay(20);
ip2.setDelay(30);
ip3.setDelay(40);
add(ip1);
add(ip2);
add(ip3);
validate();
public void displayIt(String s){
if(s.equals("Start")){
System.out.println("The start button was clicked.");
System.out.println("Cartman says, Let's begin the damn race.");
else if (s.equals("Reset")){
System.out.println("The reset button was clicked");
System.out.println("Kenny says, I can't believe you are making me start over");
else if(s.equals("Stop")){
System.out.println("The stop button was clicked");
System.out.println("Chef says, Why are you stopping the damn race?");
else if(s.equals("Exit")){
System.out.println("The exit button was clicked");
System.exit(99);
repaint();
I actually have othe classes including an interface, main, and image panel. Any help you can give me is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Your DisplayContainer constructor calls showSplashPanelAndExit()
which will cause the application to end because of System.exit(0). Is
this what you intend?
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