help About A jTextArea Java

[titogeo]

I made a program which contains many class files. On each i tried to
display some information about currently doing task, etc in a
jTextArea. but what happen is only after completion of all, it is
displaying. what should i do to display those messages step by step.
is there any method like flush() attached with JTextArea

tito george

 

[Daniel Dyer]

I made a program which contains many class files. On each i tried to
display some information about currently doing task, etc in a
jTextArea. but what happen is only after completion of all, it is
displaying. what should i do to display those messages step by step.
is there any method like flush() attached with JTextArea

Are your classes doing all this work on the Swing event dispatch thread?

Dan.

 

[Roedy Green]

is there any method like flush() attached with JTextArea

you must not tie up the Swing thread with busywork, or else the
JTextArea will never get a chance to repaint.

 

[ricky.clarkson]

For more information than the tomes you just received as replies, see
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/misc/threads.html