Progress dialog

Following example show you how to create a dialog which contains , progress bar .Please take in mind that while your are waiting other processes is to use threads. For example you may want to run the main application process in a thread and the updating of the progress bar in other thread.

Code:


import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Point;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JProgressBar;
import javax.swing.border.Border;

public class ProgressDialog extends JDialog {

    private final JPanel panel = new JPanel();
    private JProgressBar jProgressBar;
    private JLabel jLabel;

    public ProgressDialog(JFrame frame, int initial, String statusDescription) {
        setTitle("Progress Dialog.");
        jProgressBar = new JProgressBar();
        jProgressBar.setString("In Progress ");
 

        jProgressBar.setValue(25);
        jProgressBar.setStringPainted(true);
        Border border = BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Reading...");
        jProgressBar.setBorder(border);

        Point point = frame.getLocation();
        panel.add(jProgressBar, BorderLayout.NORTH);
        jLabel = new JLabel(statusDescription);
        panel.add(jLabel);
        add(panel);
         
        setResizable(false);
        setAlwaysOnTop(true);
        setSize(300, 300);
        setLocation((int) point.getX() + 100, (int) point.getY() + 100);

    }

    public void setPercentage(int percent) {
        jProgressBar.setValue(percent);
    }
}