Canvas not displaying

[ron noone]

Hello, I have a small problem with a program im working on.
I have a class that extends JFrame and in that class I have an inner class of type Canvas whose paint method I have overridden.
Here is the problem..
When I start my program the canvas does not display the image I have drawn on it. If I resize the JFrame that the Canvas is in, it will instantly display it. Unless I resize it, it never shows the drawing. The paint and repaint calls do work since after I do this resizing of the window, I can use my program. Any idea's?
In my class extending JFrame I have this code..

 setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(false);
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
setVisible(true);
setSize(screenWidth, screenHeight);
show();  
c=new Canvas(){
public void paint(Graphics g){
System.out.println("called PAINT IN CANVAS");
world.draw(g, tempRec);
};
}; 
c.show();
c.addMouseListener(m);
getContentPane().add(c);
 

In my first lines of the run() method of the class I retrieve my data and call the repaint method. Obviously the repaint and paint work...the canvas just isnt 'active'. Also, I setup a MouseAdapter and anytime I click the mouse button on the canvas is outputs a line to the System console. When I first start the program and the canvas doesnt display the drawing, no matter how many times I click it will not recognize the mouse click, but like I said earlier once I resize the main window it will recognize it, as well as paint display the drawing.

Any idea's?
Sounds like something simple I've overlooked.

Thanks in advance!

Ron

[Craig Wood]

Don't call setVisible until you finish adding your components to the contentPane.