Applet hangs while using JOptionPane.xxx()

[Basit]

Hi to all,
Hope you all will be fine. I have an applet of voicerecorder. The problem is when you start to record the sound it works fine.Now i want to put a condition in it, that sound can not be recorded more than 3 minutes for this, in the initial step i put the condition like

if(minutes > 3){
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Yor are not allowed to record more than 3 minutes", "Warning",JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE);
}
But after executing this it shows a dialog box with nothing in it and after showing a long arror messages in the NetBeans output pane and when i click the exit button then the applet exits.The code snippet is as follws that do this part

 public void start() {
            thread = new Thread(this);
            thread.setName("SamplingGraph");
            thread.start();
            seconds = 0;
            minutes = 0; 
        }

        public void stop() {
            if (thread != null) {
                thread.interrupt();
            }
            thread = null;
        }

        public void run() {
            seconds = 0;
            minutes = 0; 
            while (thread != null) {
                if ((playback.line != null) && (playback.line.isOpen()) ) {

                    int milliseconds = (int)(capture.line.getMicrosecondPosition() / 1000);
                    seconds =(int)  (milliseconds / 1000.0);
                    minutes = (int)((milliseconds / 1000.0) / 60 );


                } else if ( (capture.line != null) && (capture.line.isActive()) ) {

                    int milliseconds = (int)(capture.line.getMicrosecondPosition() / 1000);
                    seconds =(int)  (milliseconds / 1000.0);
                    minutes = (int)((milliseconds / 1000.0) / 60 );
                }

                try { thread.sleep(100); } catch (Exception e) { break; }

                repaint();

                while ((capture.line != null && !capture.line.isActive()) ||
                       (playback.line != null && !playback.line.isOpen()))
                {
                    try { thread.sleep(10); } catch (Exception e) { break; }
                }
            }
            seconds = 0;
            minutes = 0; 
            repaint();
        }

Then the part where i modify the things and things start going wrong

.......
......
  LineBreakMeasurer lbm = new LineBreakMeasurer(aci, frc);
                float x = 5, y = 25;
                lbm.setPosition(0);
                while (lbm.getPosition() < errStr.length()) {
                    TextLayout tl = lbm.nextLayout(w-x-5);
                    if (!tl.isLeftToRight()) {
                        x = w - tl.getAdvance();
                    }
                    tl.draw(g2, x, y += tl.getAscent());
                    y += tl.getDescent() + tl.getLeading();
                }
            } else if (capture.thread != null) {
                g2.setColor(Color.black);
                g2.setFont(font12);
             [COLOR="Red"]   g2.drawString("Length: " + String.valueOf( minutes) + " min" + " : " + String.valueOf(seconds) + " sec", 3, h-4);
                if(minutes > 3){
                     JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Yor are not allowed to record more than three minutes", "Warning",JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE);
                     capture.stop();
                     fileName = " Press Done when complete";
                     samplingGraph.stop();
                     playButton.setEnabled(true);
                     pauseButton.setEnabled(false);
                     doneButton.setEnabled(true);
                     recordButton.setText("Record");                
                 }[/COLOR]
                

            } else {
                g2.setColor(Color.black);
                g2.setFont(font12);
                g2.drawString( fileName , 3, h-4);
               // g2.drawString("File has been recorded." , 3, h-4);

                if (audioInputStream != null) {
                    // .. render sampling graph ..
                    g2.setColor(jfcBlue);
                    for (int i = 1; i < lines.size(); i++) {
                        g2.draw((Line2D) lines.get(i));
                    }

                    // .. draw current position ..
                    if (seconds != 0) {
                        double loc = seconds/duration*w;
                        g2.setColor(pink);
                        g2.setStroke(new BasicStroke(3));
                        g2.draw(new Line2D.Double(loc, 0, loc, h-INFOPAD-2));
                    }
                }
            }

Please tell me where i m wrong.I also attach a file when i run the applet code
Thanks in advance

[Fubarable]

Your problem is that you are trying to call Thread.sleep on the EDT, the main thread the runs Swing apps, and that this is putting your entire GUI to sleep. Please read this tutorial as it will explain your problem and the solution: Concurrency in Swing

[Basit]

Hi:)
Thanks for your help.:)

[Fubarable]

You're quite welcome!