Hi, I am writing a component for my application, and I need two JTextAreas, one which displays characters (in real-time) through a Writer, and another which will allow characters to be available through a Reader (they are the GUI for the IO channels in a processor simulator). I think this is possible by using the DocumentListener interfaces, but that seems more hacky that I like. Is it possible to subclass certain parts of the JTextComponent MVC model to allow this? Any other ideas? Thanks for any help, Ross Burton -- Ross Burton Software Engineer OneEighty Software Ltd Tel: +44 20 8263 2332 The Lansdowne Building Fax: +44 20 8263 6314 2 Lansdowne Road [EMAIL PROTECTED] Croydon, Surrey CR9 2ER, UK http://www.180sw.com./ ==================================================================== Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act 2000 together with any and all Regulations in force pursuant to the Act OneEighty Software Ltd reserves the right to monitor any or all incoming or outgoing communications as provided for under the Act _______________________________________________ Advanced-swing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://eos.dk/mailman/listinfo/advanced-swing