[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: repaint embedded AWT frame

[not@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Volker Pilz)]

Simon Morris wrote:

> and at this stage I want to force a repaint so that I see the new
> JPanel. I was hoping that some combination of composite.redraw(),
> frame.repaint(), or frame.invalidate() would do this, but the only way
> I've found is to resize the composite, which isn't very satisfactory.
> Can anyone suggest a way to force a repaint more directly?

I had the same Problem. Try the following:
composite.setVisible(false);
[your code for update the content]
composite.setVisible(true);

This works fine for me.

Greetings,
Volker Pilz