How modal is too modal?

[Nicholas George]

So I want to have a JDialog whose job is to connect to an external device. While the dialog is up, the application should be stuck on the dialog. This I understand to be 'modal.' The problem is that my modal dialog is even blocking itself out of doing anything. The Code:

public ConnectDialog( JFrame parent ){
  super( parent , true );
  setBounds( 300 , 300 , 300 , 100 );
 
  ...set it up...
 
  System.out.println( "1" );
  setVisible(true);
  System.out.println( "2" );
 
  ...connect to device... 
}

It prints "1", but doesn't print "2" until the dialog is closed. How do I make it so the connect dialog is locked as the enabled window, but without locking itself out?

Edit: It occurs to me that this might just not be the job of a dialog. Can I make a JFrame that will be 'modal' as I understand the word?
[ June 06, 2008: Message edited by: Nicholas George ]

[Nicholas George]

Figured this one out. Just have to handle things with events...