new items aren't appearing

[grindstonegirl]

hi
i have a class that extends AbstractTableModel. i create a table and add in some rows. After I add them if I display a JOptionPane message box, the items will appear However, unless I display the message box they don't appear. I tried doing myFrame.setVisible(true); but that isn't helping either. is there anyway i can force the data to display? thanks

 

[grindstonegirl]

I figured it out. I was running a seperate program that wrote to a file, and then i opened the file and read in the info for the table. I wasn't waiting to make sure the first program had completed it's task. But when i displayed a message dialog, it gave the program enough time to finish so it seemed to be working. I just had to make sure i wait for the file to finish. so you can disregard my post. thanks anyways