Implement a progressbar in your application
import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JProgressBar; import javax.swing.SwingUtilities; public class Main extends JPanel { JProgressBar pbar; static int min = 0; static int max = 100; public Main() { pbar = new JProgressBar(); pbar.setMinimum(min); pbar.setMaximum(max); add(pbar); JFrame frame = new JFrame("Progress Bar Example"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.setContentPane(this); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); for (int i = min; i <= max; i++) { final int percent = i; try { SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { updateBar(percent); } }); Thread.sleep(100); } catch (InterruptedException e) { } } } public void updateBar(int newValue) { pbar.setValue(newValue); } public static void main(String args[]) { new Main(); } }