hi ,
i tried the Border thing and it worked fine.
also i am not clear with ur question..can u show the code....
mean while,i wrote this Border example.Try this out..
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing .*;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.border.Border;
import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder;
public class border extends JFrame
{
JPanel compoundpanel,titledpanel;
Container cont;
Border compound,titled,raisedbevel,loweredbevel ;
JTabbedPane pane;
border()
{
cont=getContentPane();
pane=new JTabbedPane();
compoundpanel=new JPanel();
raisedbevel = BorderFactory.createRaisedBevelBorder();
loweredbevel = BorderFactory.createLoweredBevelBorder();
compoundpanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(raisedbevel,loweredbevel));
titledpanel=new JPanel();
titledpanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("title"));
pane.addTab("titled",titledpanel);
pane.addTab("compound",compoundpanel);
cont.add(pane,BorderLayout.CENTER);
}
public static void main(
String a[])
{
JFrame frame =new border();
frame.setSize(400,400);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}