// Method to build the dialog box for help.
private void buildDialogBox() {
// Set the JDialog window properties.
setTitle("Stack Trace Detail");
setResizable(false);
setSize(dialogWidth, dialogHeight);
// Append the stack trace output to the display area.
displayArea.append(eStackTrace);
// Create horizontal and vertical scrollbars for box.
displayBox = Box.createHorizontalBox();
displayBox = Box.createVerticalBox();
// Add a JScrollPane to the Box.
displayBox.add(new JScrollPane(displayArea));
// Define behaviors of container.
c.setLayout(null);
c.add(displayBox);
c.add(okButton);
// Set scroll pane bounds.
displayBox.setBounds(
(dialogWidth / 2) - ((displayAreaWidth / 2) + 2),
(top + (offsetMargin / 2)),
displayAreaWidth,
displayAreaHeight);
// Set the behaviors, bounds and action listener for the button.
okButton.setBounds(
(dialogWidth / 2) - (buttonWidth / 2),
(displayAreaHeight + offsetMargin),
buttonWidth,
buttonHeight);
// Set the font to the platform default Font for the object with the
// properties of bold and font size of 11.
okButton.setFont(new Font(okButton.getFont().getName(), Font.BOLD, 11));
// The class implements the ActionListener interface and therefore
// provides an implementation of the actionPerformed() method. When a
// class implements ActionListener, the instance handler returns an
// ActionListener. The ActionListener then performs actionPerformed()
// method on an ActionEvent.
okButton.addActionListener(this);
// Set the screen and display dialog window in relation to screen size.
setLocation((dim.width / 2) - (dialogWidth / 2), (dim.height / 2) - (dialogHeight / 2));
// Display JDialog.
show();
} // End of buildDialogBox method.
// called by the Client to append text in the TextArea
void append(String str) {
chatArea.append(str);
chatArea.setCaretPosition(chatArea.getText().length() - 1);
}