Help with parameters for JOptionPane.showMessageDialog

I have tried entering the following but I get an error:

The specific error is:
C:\Users\Dad\Documents\NetBeansProjects\CS8625\ParallelSpeedUpTutorial\src\com\yahoo\jeffciaParallelSpeedup\ParallelSpeedupGUI.java:631: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable frame
location: class com.yahoo.jeffciaParallelSpeedup.ParallelSpeedupGUI
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame,"Eggs are not supposed to be green.","A plain message", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
Note: C:\Users\Dad\Documents\NetBeansProjects\CS8625\ParallelSpeedUpTutorial\src\com\yahoo\jeffciaParallelSpeedup\ParallelSpeedupGUI.java uses or overrides a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
1 error
BUILD FAILED (total time: 0 seconds)

I think the problem is the first parameter. Can somebody please help me understand what the first parameter is?

Thanks

Hello Jeff, what is the first parm for the JOptionPane.showMessageDialog()? According to the API it's a "component". Now you put in "frame" and this variable not found. Then does your code have such variable? If no, you can put in null and it will compile.

That first parameter is the Component over which the dialog window is to appear. If you write null the dialog window will appear in the centre of the screen. Beware: it may hide "behind" other windows.

Thanks. It turned out to be a problem just before this line of code, but all is well now.

Jeff Ciaccio wrote:Thanks. It turned out to be a problem just before this line of code, but all is well now.

What is the fix?

Travis Roberts wrote:What is the fix?

Quite right. It is always useful to know how somebody sorted out their problem; the solution is there in case anybody else has the same problem in future.

And welcome to JavaRanch

I had a casting problem. I had a double but it was expecting an integer.

Thank you.

Thank you - I apprecitate the help. Sorry I didn't post this earlier.

- Jeff