Splash screen with startup information

Question

Hi,
I have build a splash screen but I am looking for a way to load some text over it to show the user what the application is doing while starting up.
Anyone has a idea on how to?
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Answer 1

Hi! I have some sample code for you
Here it is the file SSCanvasBar.java:
package CdList;
import java.awt.*;
public class SSCanvasBar extends Canvas{
     private int width, height ;
     private Color poz = new Color(42,54,164);
     private String str = "", strFile = "";
     private int k, val = 0;
     public SSCanvasBar(int width, int height)
          this.width = width ;
          this.height = 50 ;
          this.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(width,height)) ;
     public void updateBarAndStr(int k, String str)
          this.str = str ;
          this.k = k ;
          repaint();
     public void paint(Graphics g)
               g.setColor(poz) ;
               g.fillRect(0,0,width,height) ;
               g.setColor(Color.black) ;
               g.fillRect(0,30,width,7) ;
               g.setColor(Color.yellow) ;
               g.fillRect(0,30,val += k, 7 ) ;
               g.drawString(str,3,20);
Here it is the file SSCanvasPic.java:
package CdList;
import java.awt.*;
public class SSCanvasPic extends Canvas{
     private final String fileSeparator = System.getProperty("file.separator");
     private final Image img = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(getClass().getResource("images/img.jpg"));
     private int picWidth, picHeight;
     public SSCanvasPic(int width, int height)
          picWidth = width ;
          picHeight = 300;
          this.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(picWidth,picHeight));
     public void paint(Graphics g)
               g.drawImage ( img , 0 , 0 , picWidth , picHeight , this ) ;
Here it is the file SplashScreen.java
package CdList;
import javax.swing.JWindow;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
public class SplashScreen extends JWindow{
     private final int SCREEN_WIDTH = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize().width;
     private final int SCREEN_HEIGHT = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize().height;
     private final int WIN_WIDTH = 500;
     private final int WIN_HEIGHT = 350;
     SSCanvasBar sscb = new SSCanvasBar(WIN_WIDTH,WIN_HEIGHT);
     SSCanvasPic sscp = new SSCanvasPic(WIN_WIDTH,WIN_HEIGHT);
     public SplashScreen()
          this.setSize(WIN_WIDTH,WIN_HEIGHT);
          this.setLocation( (SCREEN_WIDTH / 2) - ( WIN_WIDTH / 2 ) ,
                                (SCREEN_HEIGHT / 2 ) - ( WIN_HEIGHT / 2 ) );
          this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
          this.getContentPane().add(sscp,BorderLayout.NORTH);
          this.getContentPane().add(sscb,BorderLayout.CENTER);
     public void updateBar(int k, String str)
          sscb.updateBarAndStr(k,str);
     public void start()
          this.setVisible(true);
     public void close()
          sscb.updateBarAndStr(WIN_WIDTH,"Starting the program...");
          try{
               Thread.sleep(1000);
          }catch(Exception e){}
          this.dispose();
}I hope that you can understand the code.