I want button action to change current window

drb2k2 · June 4th, 2003, 06:00 AM

Hi all,
I want to be able to let the user press a button and then either open a new JFrame or change the current one. The following code is taken from this java website, however the changes i made don't seem to work (seperated by //@@@@@@@@@@@@@@) when I run this example the window craps out instead of changing the buttons. Any help would be much appreciated
Cheers
Drb2k2

Code:

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.AbstractButton;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;

/* 
 * ButtonDemo.java is a 1.4 application that requires the following files:
 *   images/right.gif
 *   images/middle.gif
 *   images/left.gif
 */
public class main extends JPanel implements ActionListener
{
    protected JButton b1, b2, b3;

    public main() 
    {

        b1 = new JButton("New Buttons");
        b1.setVerticalTextPosition(AbstractButton.CENTER);
        b1.setHorizontalTextPosition(AbstractButton.LEADING); //aka LEFT, for left-to-right locales
        b1.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_C);
        b1.setActionCommand("New Buttons");

        b2 = new JButton("ASFDJASDFKJ");
        b2.setVerticalTextPosition(AbstractButton.BOTTOM);
        b2.setHorizontalTextPosition(AbstractButton.CENTER);
        b2.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_M);
        b2.setActionCommand("Custom");

        b3 = new JButton("USADFIJSD");
        //Use the default text position of CENTER, TRAILING (RIGHT).
        b3.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_T);
        b3.setActionCommand("Custom");
        //b3.setEnabled(true);

        //Listen for actions on buttons 1 and 3.
        b1.addActionListener(this);
        b3.addActionListener(this);
        b2.addActionListener(this);

        b1.setToolTipText("Click this button to open a new window.");
        b2.setToolTipText("Click this button to do nothing.");
        b3.setToolTipText("Click this button to do nothing.");

        //Add Components to this container, using the default FlowLayout.
        add(b1);
        add(b2);
        add(b3);
    }

    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) 
    {
        if ("New Buttons".equals(e.getActionCommand())) 
        {
//@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
            secondwin window = new secondwin();
            setVisible(false);
            window.setVisible(true);
//@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
            b2.setEnabled(false);
            b1.setEnabled(false);
            b3.setEnabled(true);
        } 
        else 
        {
            b2.setEnabled(true);
            b1.setEnabled(true);
            b3.setEnabled(false);
        }
    }


    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        //Make sure we have nice window decorations.
        JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);

        //Create and set up the window.
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("ButtonDemo");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        //Create and set up the content pane.
        main newContentPane = new main();
        newContentPane.setOpaque(true); //content panes must be opaque
        frame.setContentPane(newContentPane);

        //Display the window.
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
}

and then

Code:

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.AbstractButton;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;

/* 
 * secondwin.java is a 1.4 application that requires the following files:
 *   images/right.gif
 *   images/middle.gif
 *   images/left.gif
 */
public class secondwin extends JPanel
                        implements ActionListener {
    protected JButton b1, b2, b3;

    public secondwin() {


        b1 = new JButton("Disable middle button");
        b1.setVerticalTextPosition(AbstractButton.CENTER);
        b1.setHorizontalTextPosition(AbstractButton.LEADING); //aka LEFT, for left-to-right locales
        b1.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_D);
        b1.setActionCommand("disable");

        b2 = new JButton("Middle button");
        b2.setVerticalTextPosition(AbstractButton.BOTTOM);
        b2.setHorizontalTextPosition(AbstractButton.CENTER);
        b2.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_M);

        b3 = new JButton("Enable middle button");
        //Use the default text position of CENTER, TRAILING (RIGHT).
        b3.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_E);
        b3.setActionCommand("enable");
        b3.setEnabled(false);

        //Listen for actions on buttons 1 and 3.
        b1.addActionListener(this);
        b3.addActionListener(this);

        b1.setToolTipText("Click this button to disable the middle button.");
        b2.setToolTipText("This middle button does nothing when you click it.");
        b3.setToolTipText("Click this button to enable the middle button.");

        //Add Components to this container, using the default FlowLayout.
        add(b1);
        add(b2);
        add(b3);

        setVisible(true);
    }

    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        if ("disable".equals(e.getActionCommand())) {
            b2.setEnabled(false);
            b1.setEnabled(false);
            b3.setEnabled(true);
        } else {
            b2.setEnabled(true);
            b1.setEnabled(true);
            b3.setEnabled(false);
        }
    }



    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //Make sure we have nice window decorations.
        JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);

        //Create and set up the window.
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("secondwin");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        //Create and set up the content pane.
        secondwin newContentPane = new secondwin();
        newContentPane.setOpaque(true); //content panes must be opaque
        frame.setContentPane(newContentPane);

        //Display the window.
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

}