Refreshing a JProgressBar

[Eoin Mac Aoidh]

Hi,
I am having trouble refreshing the progress bar in my application. Its value is being updated, however the bar does not move...
I set up my progress bar:

public StatusBar(){
pbar = new JProgressBar();
pbar.setMinimum(MYMINIMUM);
pbar.setMaximum(MYMAXIMUM);
pbar.setValue(5); //to show that some progresss is underway initially
add(pbar);
}

Then in the main class I set the progressbar up in a pop up window of its own using getStatusBar:

public void getStatusBar(){
StatusBar sb = new StatusBar();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setContentPane(sb);

frame.setLocation(300,300);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}

when I want the bar to show progression I call its UpdateBar method:

public void updateBar(){
System.out.println("Updating status bar");
pbar.setValue(45);

/**The pbar object can be accessed - I can get its value.
* and I can set it - the print statement shows its value is being updated, but the actual visual display of the bar dosnt change!
**/

while(inc<100){
pbar.setValue(inc);
inc = inc + 5;
//System.out.println(pbar.getValue());
}
}

Any ideas why this isnt refreshing?

Thanks,

Eoin.

[Joe Ess]

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