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in my main frame (EDT) that has a listener (separate class) that uses the songGeter...
the program compiles but when run it is wired sometimes it works some times it shows what i posted
i maybe i need to stop the thread or something ???

ok here it is i changed a couple things and it worked a couple times
do you think i should stop the thread (try finely block) or put an executor instead????
ok here is the full code thanks allot i really appreciate your help.....

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
 
 
 
public class PFrame extends JFrame
{
   File myDirectory;
   JPanel pane1 = new JPanel();
   JPanel pane2 = new JPanel();
   JPanel pane3 = new JPanel();
 
   JButton browse;
   JButton artist;
   JButton name;
   JTextArea textBox;
   JScrollPane scroll;
   JLabel numLabel;
   int count=0;
 
 
   public PFrame()
   { 
     super("mikey's program");
     setSize(350, 400);
     setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 
     browse = new JButton("browse"); 
     browse.setActionCommand("browse button");
     ActListener demo = new ActListener();
     browse.addActionListener(demo);
     textBox = new JTextArea();
     textBox.setEditable(false);
     scroll = new JScrollPane(textBox);
     numLabel = new JLabel("number of songs:" +count);
     artist = new JButton("artist");
     name = new JButton("name");
 
     BoxLayout box = new BoxLayout(pane1, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS);
     pane1.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10));
     pane1.setLayout(box); 
     pane1.add(browse);
     pane1.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0, 10)));
     pane1.add(scroll);
     pane1.add(numLabel);
 
     pane2.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));
     pane2.add(artist);
     pane2.add(name);
 
     pane3.setLayout(new BoxLayout(pane3, BoxLayout.X_AXIS));
     pane3.add(pane1);
     pane3.add(pane2);
 
   add(pane3);
 
   //try{
   //    UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel");
   //    SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(this);
   //   } catch (Exception e){
   //     e.getMessage();
   //                }
 
 
 
 
   demo.getPFrame(this);
   setVisible(true);
 
   }
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
       public void songGeter(File inputFile)
            { 
 
              myDirectory = inputFile;
 
              FileGeter dir1 = new FileGeter();
 
              dir1.fileGet(myDirectory);
 
              Thread myThread = new Thread(new RunClass(dir1));
 
              myThread.start();
 
            }
 
 
 
public class RunClass implements Runnable
{
 
FileGeter dir1;
 
 
 public RunClass(FileGeter dir)
{ 
 this.dir1 =dir;
}
 
public void run() {
 
                 Id3Tag tag1;
                 Collections.sort(dir1.bFiles, new Mp3Comparator()); // in the comparator the files that are sent to id3tag well show as is there's no tag because of the sorting -don't mind
 
                 if (!dir1.bFiles.isEmpty() ){  // if open
                        for (int h = 0 ; h < dir1.bFiles.size(); h++)
                         {
                         tag1 = new Id3Tag(dir1.bFiles.get(h)); 
 
                         setTextBox(tag1.getArtist());
 
                        }
                                                                                           }  //if close
                      else 
                      {
                       //System.out.println("no files "+myDirectory.exists());
                      }
                  }
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
}
 
 
public  void setTextBox(final String str)
      {
       SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
                        public void run() 
                                    {
                                      textBox.append(str +'\n');
                                    }
 
                });          
 
        }    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
public static void main(String[] args)
       {
         PFrame mainFrame = new PFrame();
 
 
       }
 
 
 
 
}

here is the listener too

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
 
 
 
 
class ActListener implements ActionListener
{
JFileChooser myChooser = new JFileChooser();
PFrame corrant;
 
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
      {
 
 
        if (event.getActionCommand().equals("browse button"))
            {
 
            myChooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY);
            int retval = myChooser.showDialog(corrant, "OK");
 
             if (retval == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION)
                 {
                 File myDirectory = myChooser.getSelectedFile();
                 [B]corrant.songGeter(myDirectory);[/B]          
 
 
                 }
 
             }
 
 
 
        }
 
 
 
        public void getPFrame (PFrame p)
           {
           [B]corrant = p;[/B]
           }
 
 
}