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    Cool menu bar is not appearing

    import java.awt.*;
    import javax.swing.JPanel;
    import java.awt.event.*;
    //import java.Color;
    public class Project_notepad implements MouseListener,MouseMotionListener
    {
    		public Frame f;		//basic frame
    	public MenuBar mb;		//menubar declaration
    	private Menu File, Edit, Format,View, Findit;
    	private MenuItem new_file,new_window,open,save,save_as, close, cut, copy, paste, case_convert, indent,font,style,size,underline,italic,bold,finds, incremental_find,replace;
    	private CheckboxMenuItem status_bar,word_wrap,hide_menu_bar,full_screen;
    	Label l1_menushow=new Label("show menu",Label.RIGHT);			//create label for menu show/hide
    	Panel p1_menushow=new Panel();					//create panel for top part to use with label
     
    	public Project_notepad()
    	{
     
    		f=new Frame();
    		Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();			//Dimension class object for setting max screen size
          	f.setBounds(0,0,screenSize.width, screenSize.height);						
     
    		p1_menushow.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
     
     
     
    		l1_menushow.setSize(5,5);
     
     
    		p1_menushow.add(l1_menushow,BorderLayout.NORTH);						//add label to top panel
     
    		//l1_menushow.setVisible(false);
     
     
    		f.addMouseListener(this);
    		f.addMouseMotionListener(this);
    		f.add(p1_menushow);
          	f.setVisible(true);
    	}
     
     
    	public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e)
    	{
    		Object o=e.getSource();
    		if(o==l1_menushow)
    		{
    			create_menu();
    		}
    	}
    	public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e)
    	{
    		Object o=e.getSource();
    		if(o==l1_menushow)
    		{
    			//f.removeMenuBar();
     
    		}
    	}
    	public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
    	{
    		Object o=e.getSource();
    		if(o==l1_menushow)
    		{
    			create_menu();
    		}
    	}
    	public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
    	{
     
    	}
    	public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e)
    	{
     
    	}
    	public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e)
    	{
     
    	}
    	public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e)
    	{
     
    	}
     
     
    	private void create_menu()									
    	{															//menu bar creation
    		mb=new MenuBar();										//menu bar declaration
          	File=new Menu("File");
          	Edit=new Menu("Edit");
          	Format=new Menu("Format");
          	View=new Menu("View");
          	Findit=new Menu("Find");
     
          	new_file=new MenuItem("new file");						//menu items declaration
          	new_window=new MenuItem("new window");
          	open=new MenuItem("open");
          	save=new MenuItem("save");
          	save_as=new MenuItem("save as");
          	close=new MenuItem("close");
          	cut=new MenuItem("cut");
          	copy=new MenuItem("copy");
          	paste=new MenuItem("paste");
          	case_convert=new MenuItem("case convert");
          	indent=new MenuItem("indent");
          	font=new MenuItem("font");
          	style=new MenuItem("style");
          	size=new MenuItem("size");
          	underline=new MenuItem("underline");
          	italic=new MenuItem("italic");
          	bold=new MenuItem("bold");
          	incremental_find=new MenuItem("incremental_find");
          	replace=new MenuItem("replace");
          	finds = new MenuItem("finds");
          	status_bar=new CheckboxMenuItem("status bar");							//chechkbox items declaration
          	word_wrap=new CheckboxMenuItem("word wrap");
          	hide_menu_bar=new CheckboxMenuItem("hide menu bar");
          	full_screen=new CheckboxMenuItem("full screen");
     
     
          	File.add(new_file);												//adding items to menu bar
          	File.add(new_window);
          	File.add(open);
          	File.add(save);
          	File.add(save_as);
          	File.add(close);
          	Edit.add(copy);
    		Edit.add(paste);
    		Edit.add(case_convert);
    		Edit.add(indent);
    		Format.add(font);
    		Format.add(style);
    		Format.add(size);
    		Format.add(underline);
    		Format.add(italic);
    		Format.add(bold);
    		Findit.add(finds);
    		Findit.add(incremental_find);
    		Findit.add(replace);
    		View.add(status_bar);
    		View.add(word_wrap);
    		View.add(hide_menu_bar);
    		View.add(full_screen);
     
     
    		mb.add(File);										
    		mb.add(Edit);
    		mb.add(Format);
    		mb.add(View);
    		mb.add(Findit);
     
    		f.setMenuBar(mb);
     
    	}
     
    	public static void main(String args[])
    	{
    		Project_notepad pr=new Project_notepad();
    	}
     
     
     
    }


    here i am trying to create menu bar.it appears when i move my mouse to label "show menu" and should disapper on removing.
    but there are two problems-
    1.menubar is not appearing.
    2.what is the method to remove entire menubar in awt package?
    thanks in advance.


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    Default Re: menu bar is not appearing

    Try debugging the code by adding some calls to the println() method to show where execution is going and to show the values of variables as they are used and changed.
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    Default Re: menu bar is not appearing

    but is there any way to remove entire menu bar after creating it once in awt?

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    Default Re: menu bar is not appearing

    I do not know. I've never tried.

    Do you have a simple test program to test if it is possible?
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    Default Re: menu bar is not appearing

    what do java libraries say???
    if there exists a method to do so,i can test easily.

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    Default Re: menu bar is not appearing

    what do java libraries say
    Take a look at the API doc:
    Java Platform SE 7
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    Default Re: menu bar is not appearing

    It seems there do not exists a method for that..
    It's available in swing but not in awt..
    that's aweful..
    if anybody else finds ever a method to do so,please let me know.

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    Default Re: menu bar is not appearing

    Why are you doing anything in AWT?
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    Default Re: menu bar is not appearing

    Because i am going according to my curriculum of the college and i have only core java,not advance java.But i will move to it after gaining a deep knowledge in core java due to my interest and the features of graphic interface.

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