Panel issue

[Mark Lockery]

Hi,
I have a frame that opens with a panel at the top with buttons in it, and a paint area below that.

I wish to have the frame no able to be resized, and have done so. The problem i have is that without resizing the frame, my panel does not draw all the buttons properly, it draws only the first button.

My code for the frame is as follows:

  
final Frame i = new HelpScreen();
        i.setVisible(true);
        i.setTitle("Game Help");
            i.setSize(800,800);
            i.setLocation(240,112);
            i.setResizable(false);
            i.setBackground(Color.pink);
            i.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
                    {
                        public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
                        {
                            i.dispose();
                        }
                    });

and my code for the panel is as follows:

  
public HelpScreen()
    {
            //button panel
            Panel top = new Panel();
            top.setBackground(Color.black);
            quitButton = new Button("Quit");
            quitButton.addActionListener(this);
            top.add(quitButton);
            maingameButton = new Button("Main game Instructions");
            maingameButton.addActionListener(this);
            top.add(maingameButton);
            shootgameButton = new Button("Shoot minigame Instructions");
            shootgameButton.addActionListener(this);
            top.add(shootgameButton);
            add("North", top);
    }
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
        {
            // Actions...
        }
 
        public void paint(Graphics g)
        {
           // Paint Stuff...
        }
 

Some way to take in all the panel information before drawing it seems to be needed, or a way of effectively "repainting" the panel.

Any suggestions?

thanks,
Mark.

[Eddie Vanda]

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
 
public class AwtStuff {
 
  final Frame i = new HelpScreen();
 

  AwtStuff () {
          i.setVisible(true);
          i.setTitle("Game Help");
            i.setSize(800,800);
            i.setLocation(240,112);
            i.setResizable(false);
            i.setBackground(Color.pink);
            i.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
                    {
                        public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
                        {
                            i.dispose();
                        }
                    });
  }
 
  public static void main (String [] args) {
    new AwtStuff ();
  }
 
}
 

class HelpScreen extends Frame implements ActionListener {
  HelpScreen () {
            //button panel
            Panel top = new Panel();
            top.setBackground(Color.black);
            Button quitButton = new Button("Quit");
            quitButton.addActionListener(this);
            top.add(quitButton);
            Button maingameButton = new Button("Main game Instructions");
            maingameButton.addActionListener(this);
            top.add(maingameButton);
            Button shootgameButton = new Button("Shoot minigame Instructions");
            shootgameButton.addActionListener(this);
            top.add(shootgameButton);
            add("North", top);
      }
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
        {
            // Actions...
        }
 
        public void paint(Graphics g)
        {
           // Paint Stuff...
        }
 
}

I have tried your code and the three buttons come up fine. Some time since i've done any awt programming though!!!

Ed

[Mark Lockery]

and you didn't resize it at all?
If i don't resize it only the quit button comes up.