JOptionPane withour parent frame.

[IYIaster]

Is there a way to get a JoptionPane to work without having a parent frame. I java an application that runs as a service that has no GUI but, if there is certain errors I want it to show a jOptionPane. This didn't work.

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Please insert a blank disc and reburn last backup.",
"Disc Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);

[iluxa]

how exactly did it not work? did it not show at all or threw an exception? it could actually be impossible to do if you have defined no Frames at all, but you should be able to do something like

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(new JFrame(), "Please insert a blank disc and reburn last backup.",
"Disc Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);

[IYIaster]

how exactly did it not work? did it not show at all or threw an exception? it could actually be impossible to do if you have defined no Frames at all, but you should be able to do something like

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(new JFrame(), "Please insert a blank disc and reburn last backup.",
"Disc Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);

Doing it this way didn't work either. Running it from a command line the jOptionPane showed up. But, running it as a service it didn't.

[iluxa]

it could be that the service is not allowed to generate any UI... in which case you're basically screwed. One option is to do try some kind of native message box, and run it from System.getRuntime().exec()...

[j2me64]

Is there a way to get a JoptionPane to work without having a parent frame.

i tried your code within a main method without frame and the dialog was shown. there are machines without graphical drivers installed on it, so you can't generate no guis on these machines. that could be the problem.

[IYIaster]

i tried your code within a main method without frame and the dialog was shown. there are machines without graphical drivers installed on it, so you can't generate no guis on these machines. that could be the problem.

Right, I ran the code also and it works fine when you just run the jar file. But, running the jar file as a service using java service wrapper it doesn't pop up at all.