JDialog Gradient Background

[tim8w]

Hi,
I have created an AboutDialog that extends JDialog. I would like to have it have a Gradient Background, but when I add the paintCompnent function and try and call super.paintComponent, the complier is telling me that "The method paintComponent(Graphics) is undefined for the type JDialog". Any ideas how to get JDialog to have a Gradient Background? Or is it just not supported?

[DarrylBurke]

Read the API for JDialog (and also for the RootPaneContainer interface it implements) and you'll understand where you have to do the custom painting.

This tutorial may also help: Lesson: Performing Custom Painting (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing)

db

[tim8w]

db,
I must be dense. I couldn't tell where to put the paint code from either the API or the example...