Maximizing a window in Java Swing

[Aravind Prasad]

Dear Ranchers,
I'm doing an application in Java Swing and MySQL. I am running this in Windows XP. In a particular point i want a JFrame to be opened as maximized. for that I'm using the code as below.

            else
            {   this.dispose();
                mdi mdi = new mdi();
                mdi.setTitle("unInvoice V1.0");
                Dimension screen = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
                mdi.setBounds(0,0,screen.width,screen.height);
                mdi.show();
            }

When i run this code, I can see the window in maximized, but cannot see the status bar. How can I show the window maximized just above the status bar,

Please help me ranchers

Thanks in advance

regards

Aravind Prasad

[Michael Dunn]

> but cannot see the status bar

if you mean the task bar, try this

    
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
class Testing
{
  public void buildGUI()
  {
    JFrame f = new JFrame();
    f.setExtendedState(JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH);
    GraphicsEnvironment env = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
    f.setMaximizedBounds(env.getMaximumWindowBounds());
    f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    f.setVisible(true);
  }
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){
      public void run(){
        new Testing().buildGUI();
      }
    });
  }
}

[Aravind Prasad]

Thankyou very very much Michael,
My Problem is solved. It is working fine now..

Thanks a lot..

How can I put an Icon in JFrame..When i tried. it is not working..
It is showing, Java's default icon only!!

Can you please help me to solve. this..

regards

Aravind Prasad

[Aravind Prasad]

Sorry for not putting the code

  Image image = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage("Ico/CLOSE.ICO");
  mdi.setIconImage(image);

This ICO is not displaying the ICON..

Please help me.. to sort this out..

regards

Aravind Prasad

[Nathan Pruett]

Unless you're using JDK 1.6 or additional libraries, only GIF, JPEG, and BMP images can be loaded as images.