Print JLabel with a button ?

[garnachito]

Hi all

I need a little help here, so, I have this:

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class ejemplo extends JFrame implements ActionListener{
	
	JLabel myVar;
	JButton boton1;
	
	public ejemplo(){
		
		setLayout(null);
		
		myVar = new JLabel("Hello");
		myVar.setBounds(150, 100, 100, 30);
                // I'm not adding this here.
		
		boton1=new JButton("Print");
		boton1.setBounds(150, 150, 100, 30);
		add(boton1);
		boton1.addActionListener(this);
	}
	
	
	 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
		 
		    if (e.getSource ()==boton1){
		    		add(myVar);
		    }
		 }
	
	
	public static void main (String[] args){
		
		ejemplo ventana=new ejemplo();
		ventana.setBounds(0,0,400,300);
		ventana.setVisible(true);
		ventana.setResizable(true);
		
	}
	
}

As you can see, I only need to print the string "Hello" when I press the button.

But the string doesn't shows until I resize a little the frame, how can I make the string appear by just pressing the button ???

Thanks a lot !!!

[garnachito]

Nevermind!

I just figured out how to do it... I just added this.

		    if (e.getSource ()==boton1){
		    		add(myVar);
		    		myVar.repaint();                 // I just added this line and that's it.
		    }

Thanks anyway :)

[doWhile]

Adding components after a JFrame has been set to visible is more complex than that - adding them to a visible component requires you to validate/paint. There are many solutions: a) add the JLabel before setting the JFrame to visible with its text to an empty string, then call set text in the actionPerformed b) call validate on the JFrame after adding the component c) set the visibility of the component to false d) many more....

Edit: seems you found a solution, which falls into category d)