adding frames to mainFrame

Question

i want to add some frame to my main frame, lets say we've 3 frames (Frame1, Frame2, and Frame3) i want to:

1. Create new Frame called Frame 4 and add menu bar with items (View Frame1, View Frame2, View Frame3) --> actually i've created this frame successfully.
2. When click on View Frame1 i want to display Frame1 in a certain place in Frame4 and so on for all menuItems
3. My problem is i've created my old frames by using Drag-and-drop tech. in net beans
4. There is a component called internalFrame but when i tried to use it i couldn't add my old frame to this internal one.

Answer 1

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