JComboBox item refresh after data update

[luke lukes]

hi everyone. i'm trying to develop a little application in which there's a JComboBox that is initialized at start with some elements, retrieved from db: these data are inserted in object, object in a LinkedList, and from this a String array is retrieved to populate the JComboBox. I've added a button that, once clicked, open a JOptionPane in which new data can be added, after that elements are written on db, and the JOptionPane quit. After that, the Linked List above is refreshed, retrieving data from db including new data, and the same procedure of start is repeated for populating JComboBox, but new elements (or also removed elements) are not showed. what can i do?
thanks
LuKe

[pete stein]

You should use a modifiable combo box model such as a DefaultComboBoxModel. Then you can add or remove elements from the model and the changes will be reflected in the JComboBox that uses this model.

[luke lukes]

it doesn't work. here is the pseudocode:

//code for initialization
JComboBox myComboBox = new JComboBox();
DefaultComboBoxModel model = new DefaultComboBoxModel(fillComboBox());
myComboBox.setModel(model);

generalPanel.add(myComboBox);
..
..
..

//inserting a new user
public void insNewUser(){
      // a new window is opened, new data are inserted by JTextField and written to db
      model = new DefaultComboBoxModel(fillComboBox());
      myComboBox.removeAllItems();
      myComboBox.setModel(model);
}
..
..
..
public String[] fillComboBox{

       //retrieving data from db
       LinkedList<Client> tempLc = this.listaClient.getListClient();
       String[] resultArray = new String[tempLc.size()];
       for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
        {
		resultArray[i] = tempLc.get(i).getNome();
	}
	return resultArray;
     
}

after closing the window for insert a new user, new items are not displayed in the combobox...

[luke lukes]

it worked :-)

[Lily Tan]

luke lukes wrote:it worked :-)

what changes did you make for it to work?

[Darryl Burke]

Hello Lily and welcome to the Ranch!

Do you have a problem, and a more specific question, that we can help you with? If it's not directly about adding items to a JComboBox at runtime, then start a new thread.

[Lily Tan]

Darryl Burke wrote:Hello Lily and welcome to the Ranch!

Do you have a problem, and a more specific question, that we can help you with? If it's not directly about adding items to a JComboBox at runtime, then start a new thread.

Hi Darryl,

I'm encountering similar problems that's why I'm asking Luke since he solved it
New data are added into the database from a text field.
My combo box does not display the new data unless i terminate and execute the application again.

[Darryl Burke]

You're asking someone who hasn't posted here in more than a year. To get better help sooner, post a SSCCE (Short, Self Contained, Compilable and Executable) example that demonstrates the problem.