panel wont update when repaint is called

[yemista]

I am working on a chess program and its almost done. the problem i am having is that it is a network program, and moves are sent from one game to the other. when you make your move, everything works just fine. when your opponent makes a move, it doesnt appear until you click on a square. i added repaint methods to both squares(the square you move from and the square you move to), and this solved half the problem. what it did was make the piece dissappear from the square you moved from, but it still wont reappear on the square moved to. i dont know why this is happening. pieces are images stored in jlabels. I have tons of code so I didnt post any of it because my description is more helpful

[KevinWorkman]

If you want help, you'll have to provide an SSCCE that demonstrates the problem. Narrow your problem down to as few lines as possible. It's a process of elimination- does it work if you take out the networking? Then you know it's not the networking. Does it work if you take out the images? Then you know it's not the images. Repeat that until you know what the problem is.

[camickr]

How do you move the piece?

a) the easiest way is to just move the icon, then the label will repaint itself automatically

b) if you move the label, then you need to revalidate() the panel you add the label to. Then the label will be painted automatically.

[yemista]

that was the answer! thank you!!!