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Prevent a Frame to be resizedTag(s): AWT


import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

 public class TestNoMaximize {
   MyFrame theFrame;

   public static void main (String args[]){
     TestNoMaximize t = new TestNoMaximize();
     t.theFrame = new MyFrame("A Dummy Frame");  
     t.theFrame.setVisible(true);
     }
 }

 class MyFrame extends Frame {
   public MyFrame(String title){
     super(title);
     addWindowListener
       (new WindowAdapter() {
         public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
           System.exit(0);
           }
          }
        );
     // no minimize or maximize     
     this.setResizable(false);
     this.setSize(200,200);
     }    

   public void paint(Graphics g) {
      g.drawString("try to resize me...", 50, 50);
      }
}
There is no way to allow minimizing but not maximizing unless you trap the maximizing in the paint method and then resize to the original size. 
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

 public class TestNoMaximize {
   MyFrame theFrame;

   public static void main (String args[]){
     TestNoMaximize t = new TestNoMaximize();
     t.theFrame = new MyFrame("A Dummy Frame");  
     t.theFrame.setVisible(true);
     }
 }

 class MyFrame extends Frame {
   public MyFrame(String title){
     super(title);
     addWindowListener
       (new WindowAdapter() {
         public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
           System.exit(0);
           }
          }
        );
     this.setSize(200,200);
     }    
   
   public void paint(Graphics g) {
      Dimension d = this.getSize();
      if (d.getHeight() != 200 && d.getWidth() != 200) 
         this.setSize(200,200);
      g.drawString("try to maximize me...", 50, 50);
      }
}
NOTE: These How-to may not work with the Microsoft JVM. It's a feature...