[leitbug06]

I am creating a menu that has a JMenuBar, a JPanel with a JTextArea, and a JPanel two JButtons. When I run the code, the only thing i see is the panel with the text area and I cannot figure out why the menubar and the other panel are not visible. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class ProductDatabase extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{    
    private JPanel textPanel;
    private JPanel buttonPanel;
    private JPanel aboutTextPanel;
    private JButton searchButton;
    private JButton editButton;
    private JTextArea textArea;
    private JTextArea aboutTextArea;
    private JInternalFrame aboutFrame;
    private JMenuBar menuBar;
    private JMenu file;
    private JMenu help;
    private JMenuItem quit;
    private JMenuItem about;
    private JMenuItem helpMI;
    private JDesktopPane desktop;
    private Container c;
    private static final int WIDTH = 400;
    private static final int HEIGHT = 300;
    private EditGUI editGUI;
    private SearchGUI searchGUI;

    /*
     * Sets up the main screen GUI 
     */
    
    public ProductDatabase()
    {
            super("Product Database");
            desktop = new JDesktopPane();
            setTitle("Product Database");
            setSize(WIDTH, HEIGHT);
            setVisible(true);
            setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
            c = getContentPane();
            c.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
            c.add(textPanel);
            c.add(buttonPanel);
            c.add(aboutTextPanel);
            
              editGUI = new EditGUI();
              searchGUI = new SearchGUI();
              
           textPanel = new JPanel();        
           textArea = new JTextArea("Floor Coverings International \n Virginia Beach");
            textArea.setFont(new Font("serif", Font.BOLD, 12));
            textPanel.add(textArea);
            
             buttonPanel = new JPanel();
             searchButton = new JButton("Search");
            searchButton.setVerticalTextPosition(AbstractButton.SOUTH);
          searchButton.setHorizontalTextPosition(AbstractButton.LEADING);
          searchButton.setFont(new Font("serif", Font.PLAIN, 12));
           searchButton.addActionListener(this);
           buttonPanel.add(searchButton);
                
           editButton = new JButton("Edit");
           editButton.setVerticalTextPosition(AbstractButton.SOUTH);
          editButton.setHorizontalTextPosition(AbstractButton.TRAILING);
          editButton.setFont(new Font("serif", Font.PLAIN, 12));
          editButton.addActionListener(this);
          buttonPanel.add(editButton); 
              
             aboutTextPanel = new JPanel();       
             aboutTextArea = new JTextArea("Floor Coverings International \n Virginia Beach \n Created by: Ali Jacob");
           aboutTextArea.setFont(new Font("serif",Font.PLAIN, 12));
           aboutTextPanel.add(aboutTextArea);
            
            file = new JMenu("File");
           help = new JMenu("Help");
           quit = new JMenuItem("Quit");
           about = new JMenuItem("About");
           helpMI = new JMenuItem("Help");
            
           file.add(quit);
           help.add(about);
           help.addSeparator();
           help.add(helpMI);
            
           menuBar = new JMenuBar();
           menuBar.add(file);
           menuBar.add(help);
            
            setJMenuBar(menuBar);

            createJInternalFrames();
    }
    
    /*
     * Creates the JInternalFrame for the GUI
     */
    
    private void createJInternalFrames()
    {
        aboutFrame = new JInternalFrame();        
        aboutFrame = new JInternalFrame("About");
         aboutFrame.setVisible(false);
      aboutFrame.setResizable(true);
      aboutFrame.setClosable(true);
      aboutFrame.setMaximizable(true);
      aboutFrame.setIconifiable(true);
       aboutFrame.add(aboutTextPanel);
    }

    
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
    {
        if(e.getSource() == searchButton)
        {
            searchGUI = new SearchGUI();
            searchGUI.setVisible(true);
        }
        
        else if(e.getSource() == editButton)
        {
            editGUI = new EditGUI();
            editGUI.setVisible(true);
        }
        
        else if(e.getSource() == quit)
        {
            System.exit(0);
        }
        
        else if(e.getSource() == about)
        {
            aboutFrame.setVisible(true);
        }
    }
    
    /*
     * Runs the GUI
     */
    
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
        {
            public void run()
            {
                ProductDatabase pd = new ProductDatabase();
            }
        });
    }     
}