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Hi All,
I am trying to get a GUI with 2 TextArea's, one above the other. It compiles fine, but I am getting this error when i run it:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: adding a window to a container
at java.awt.Container.addImpl(Container.java:336)
at javax.swing.JLayeredPane.addImpl
(JLayeredPane.java:201)
at java.awt.Container.add(Container.java:267)
at javax.swing.JRootPane.setContentPane
(JRootPane.java:358)
at javax.swing.JFrame.setContentPane
(JFrame.java:550)
at StreamGUI.main(StreamGUI.java:52)

The Code

Any Ideas?
Thanks
Ian
 
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It's the line where you say:
frame.setContentPane( new StreamGUI() );
Your StreamGUI class is a frame itself, so you should use it as a one. You don't need to call setContentPane() because the content's were already set in it's constructor. As for the error, it's because you're trying to add a JFrame to a JFrame, you can only add a Container as the contents of a JFrame.
Jeff
[ April 14, 2002: Message edited by: Jeff Smith ]
 
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