Problem with JOptionPane.showInputDialog()

[romina]

When I use JOptionPane.showInputDialog() the input dialog pops up behind any other windows on the screen at the time.
Anyone know how to fix that?

Code:

        String list[] = {"100","400","900","1600"};
        String value = null;

        while(value == null)
        {
            value = (String)JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"How many cells do you want?",
                "John Conway's Game Of Life",JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE,null,list,list[1]);
                
            if (value == null)
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"You must choose a number.",
                    "ERROR",JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
        }

This is the section of code that the input dialog is in. Do you think that it could possibly have something to do with the IDE?
Thanks

[barney]

I need to create an InputDialog using JOptionPane with two input fields an a large information message. How can I do this? Or may be it's better to create a JDialog?
Sounds like you will be using a JFrame or JPanel. Have you worked with either of these yet? The input won't be hard once you get the actual window working.