[newbie] Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

[Bmorebob]

I'm trying to create a login screen but I can't figure out the best way to configure the layout...any ideas/suggestions are appreciated!

[DarrylBurke]

1. To get better help sooner, post a SSCCE (Short, Self Contained, Compilable and Executable) example that demonstrates the problem. Note that the code you posted is NOT a SSCCE on at least three accounts:
-- doesn't compile
-- lots of code unrelated to the stated problem
-- no main(...) method

Also, the code you posted isn't the code that produced the error trace.
-- the exception was thrown from line 80 of Login.java in the constructor. In the code posted, line 80 isn't in the contructor.
-- the error trace includes a MainMenu class with a DBListener inner class which isn't present in the posted code.

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db

[Bmorebob]

Thanks db, I've edited the code in the question to make it SCCE, with the error that's being outputted it's still compiling...but something in my layout is screwed up and I can't figure it out...

[DarrylBurke]

That's a warning, not an error. The warning contains an instruction on how to obtain details, did you do that?

Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.

Moreover, that warning doesn't arise from the code posted.

Also, the posted code still has one error -- a missing semicolon.

db

[Bmorebob]

Oh....when I run it the window shows but again, no components.

Here's the layout I'm trying to get...more or less: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...w=1440&bih=772

[DarrylBurke]

Constructing a JPanel and assigning it to a variable called contentPane doesn't automagically make it the contentPane of a JFrame. I don't see where you add(...) the panel to the frame.

Trail: Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing (The Java™ Tutorials)

db

[Bmorebob]

Awesome! I went ahead and formatted with Absolute Positioning, works great!
Thanks so much!