grahics display problem

[chilster]

Hello
I have 3 panels,one of which has a number of graphics on it.The others have buttons and textfields on them.
I add them to the container using borderlayout manager.
However the panel with the graphics seems to throw everything off.
The buttons and texts areas etc from the other 2 panels are seemingly copied to other parts of the screen, so for example there is an 'about' button on one of the panels..but u can see another'about' button in the left hand corner of the screen ,although u cant actually click on it.
I've tried refresh but it doesnt work.
Any ideas?
Cheers

 

[pipk]

I find java tends to perform poorly in terms of painting the screen when you don't have enough RAM. I would recommend at least 256meg if you can get it.

However, before splashing out on more memory, paste your code here and everyone can take a look at it - it could be just a repaint issue.

 

[Tschibo]

Maybe you haven't set all sizes of your graphics panel. I recommend setting MinimumSize, MaximumSize and PreferredSize. Otherwise the panel may not "know" it's own size, because your painting on it instead of putting components on.

Hope this help
Christoph