Hello, I am new to VTK and I am using VTK with java. I have encountered crash while calling vtkPanel.Render(). From the user's archive I learned that while Rendering, it is important to check if an exclusive lock is obtained on awt drawing surface or not. if lock could not be obtained then the Render method should be rescheduled. Please guide me how to do this. following is the error message I got. Current Java thread: at vtk.vtkRenderWindow.Render_6(Native Method) at vtk.vtkRenderWindow.Render(vtkRenderWindow.java:36) at vtk.vtkPanel.Render(vtkPanel.java:141) - locked <0x101be080> (VTKDisplayWindow) at and Current Java thread: at vtk.vtkRenderWindow.Render_6(Native Method) at vtk.vtkRenderWindow.Render(vtkRenderWindow.java:36) at vtk.vtkPanel.Render(vtkPanel.java:141) at VTKDisplayWindow.updateDisplay(VTKDisplayWindow.java:98) //In the above line, I just call Render of vtkPanel at UpdateAction$1.finished(UpdateAction.java:63) at SwingWorker$1.run(SwingWorker.java:106) at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:178) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:454) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:201) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:151) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:145) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:137) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:100) Thanks for any help Nagaraj ___________________________________________________ Download the hottest & happening ringtones here! OR SMS: Top tone to 7333 Click here now: http://sms.rediff.com/cgi-bin/ringtone/ringhome.pl