Q: Calling Methods from Outside Object?

I am an old VB programmer trying to convert to JAVA.

I use a Jframe with a listbox to display and store general messages about the program status, etc. It is like a console or running log of events and messages. In VB, I know the form name and just call the function to add strings (frmDisplay.addString("HELP"). What is the best way in JAVA to send messages to this frame object even though the frame does not inherit or extend any of the other objects in the application? I must be missing something basic.

Thanks,

Scott

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[594 byte] By [fskennedy4] at [2007-9-26 1:35:18]