In need of desperate help :)

[Lloyd Jenkins]

Hi guys.
I'm stuck with listeners currently.
I've created a frame and canvas. On the frame I have a menu bar, which when I select OPTIONS --> VIEW REPORT if loads up a word file I have into Word. I have the code for loading it now (thanks to Cindy), and the project compiles fine and runs fine. But when I select the VIEW REPORT option with the mouse nothing happens. I'm also trying to be able to load if with CNTRL & V too, but didn't have much luck succeeding.
Please can someone help me. Many thanks.
Here's the frame and canvas codes as these are most relevant for this question. I've done quite a bit of my project, but need to get this working before I can realistically attempt any more. Thanks.
Frame:

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.lang.String;
public class SkelApp2DGCanvas extends Canvas
{
   private int xCanvasCentre = 0;
   private int yCanvasCentre = 0;
   private House house;
   public SkelApp2DGCanvas()
   {
      super();
      addListenersToCanvas();
      house = new House();
   }
   public void addListenersToCanvas()
   {
      addMouseListener(
     new MouseAdapter()
      {
         public void mousePressed(MouseEvent event)
         {
            serviceMouseEvent(MouseEvent.MOUSE_PRESSED, event.getX(), event.getY());
         }
         public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent event)
         {
            serviceMouseEvent(MouseEvent.MOUSE_CLICKED, event.getX(), event.getY());
         }
         public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent event)
         {
            serviceMouseEvent(MouseEvent.MOUSE_RELEASED, event.getX(), event.getY());
         }
      }
      );
      addKeyListener(
      new KeyAdapter()
      {
         public void keyPressed(KeyEvent event)
         {
            serviceKeyEvent(event);
         }
      }
      );
   }
   public void serviceKeyEvent(KeyEvent event)
   {
      switch(event.getKeyCode())
      {
          case KeyEvent.VK_LEFT:
            break;
         case KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT:
            break;
         case KeyEvent.VK_O:
            break;
         case KeyEvent.VK_S:
            break;
         case KeyEvent.VK_X:
            break;
         case KeyEvent.VK_R:
            break;
         case KeyEvent.VK_V:
            break;
         case KeyEvent.VK_U:
            break;
         default:
            break;
     }
   }
   public void serviceMouseEvent(int eventID, int xMousePosition, int yMousePosition)
   {
      switch(eventID)
      {
         case MouseEvent.MOUSE_CLICKED:
            // gdfhd
            break;
         case MouseEvent.MOUSE_PRESSED:
            break;
         case MouseEvent.MOUSE_RELEASED:
            break;
         default:
            break;
      }
   }
   public Point getCanvasCentre()
   {
      updateCanvasCentre();
      return new Point(xCanvasCentre, yCanvasCentre);
   }

   public void updateCanvasCentre()
   {
      Dimension canvasDimensions = getSize();
      xCanvasCentre = canvasDimensions.width / 2;
      yCanvasCentre = canvasDimensions.height / 2;
   }
   public void paint(Graphics g)
   {
      house.paint(g);
   }
}

.....and Canvas...

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.*;
import SkelApp2DGCanvas;
public class SkelApp2DGFrame extends Frame
{
   private SkelApp2DGCanvas drawingCanvas;
   private MenuItem fileOpen, saveAs, exitApp, refr, vrep, user;

   public static void main(String [] commandArgs)
   {
      new SkelApp2DGFrame();
   }

   public SkelApp2DGFrame()
   {
      super("2D Computer Graphics: Assignment");
      addWindowListenerToFrame();
      addMenu();
      Dimension screenDimensions = getToolkit().getScreenSize();
      setSize(screenDimensions.width, screenDimensions.height);
      drawingCanvas = new SkelApp2DGCanvas();
      add("Center", drawingCanvas);
      show();
   }

   private String getInputFileName()
   {
      return getFileName("File Open", FileDialog.LOAD);
   }

   private String getOutputFileName()
   {
      return getFileName("File Save", FileDialog.SAVE);
   }

   private String getFileName(String title, int mode) // Gets the name of output or input file
   {
      FileDialog fileDlg  = new FileDialog(this, title, mode);
      fileDlg.setDirectory("");
      fileDlg.setFile("");
      fileDlg.show();
      String folderName = fileDlg.getDirectory();
      String fileNameBuffer = fileDlg.getFile();
      String fileName = null;
      // get file name if it has been specified by user
      if (fileNameBuffer != null)
         fileName = folderName + fileNameBuffer;
      return fileName;
   }

   public void addWindowListenerToFrame()
   {
      addWindowListener(
         new WindowAdapter()
         {
            public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
            {
               System.exit(0);
            }
         }
         );
   }

   public void addMenu()
   {
      MenuBar frameMenuBar =  new MenuBar();
      setMenuBar(frameMenuBar);

      Menu fileMenu = new Menu("File");
      frameMenuBar.add(fileMenu);
      fileOpen = new MenuItem( "Open ...", new MenuShortcut(KeyEvent.VK_O) );
      saveAs = new MenuItem( "Save As ...", new MenuShortcut(KeyEvent.VK_S) );
      exitApp = new MenuItem( "Exit", new MenuShortcut(KeyEvent.VK_X) );
      fileMenu.add(fileOpen);
      fileMenu.addSeparator();
      fileMenu.add(saveAs);
      fileMenu.addSeparator();
      fileMenu.add(exitApp);
      SkelApp2DGMenuDispatcher menuListener = new SkelApp2DGMenuDispatcher();
      fileOpen.addActionListener(menuListener);
      saveAs.addActionListener(menuListener);
      exitApp.addActionListener(menuListener);

      Menu options =  new Menu("Options");
      frameMenuBar.add(options);
      refr = new MenuItem("Refresh Screen", new MenuShortcut(KeyEvent.VK_R));
      vrep = new MenuItem("View Report", new MenuShortcut(KeyEvent.VK_V));
      options.add(refr);
      options.add(vrep);
      refr.addActionListener(menuListener);
      vrep.addActionListener(menuListener);

      Menu help =  new Menu("Help");
      frameMenuBar.add(help);
      user = new MenuItem("User Manual", new MenuShortcut(KeyEvent.VK_U));
      help.add(user);
      user.addActionListener(menuListener);
   }

   class SkelApp2DGMenuDispatcher implements ActionListener // Defines menu dispatcher (as an inner class))
   {
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) // Receives menu-selection events and forwards them for servicing..
      {
         if ( event.getSource() instanceof MenuItem )
         {
            MenuItem menuItemObject = (MenuItem) event.getSource();
            serviceMenuEvent(menuItemObject);
         }
      }

      public void serviceMenuEvent(MenuItem menuItemObject)
      {
         if (menuItemObject == fileOpen)
         {
            String fileName = null;
            if ( ( fileName = getInputFileName() ) != null )
            {
            }
         }
         else if (menuItemObject == saveAs)
         {
            String fileName = null;
            if ( ( fileName = getOutputFileName() ) != null )
            {
            }
         }
         else if (menuItemObject == exitApp)
            System.exit(0);
         else if (menuItemObject == refr)
         {
         }
         else if (menuItemObject == vrep)
         {
            try
            {
                Runtime.getRuntime().exec("winword.exe report.doc");
            }
            catch (IOException e)
            {
                System.err.println(e);
            }
         }
         else if (menuItemObject == user)
         {
            try
            {
                Runtime.getRuntime().exec("winword.exe user.doc");
            }
            catch (IOException e)
            {
                System.err.println(e);
            }
         }
      }
   }
}

[Gregg Bolinger]

WOW! That's a lot of code and work just to use a menu item. How about something like this.

menuitem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
      Runtime.getRuntime().exec("word.exe");
}});

As far as the accelerator:

menuitem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_C, ActionEvent.CTRL_MASK));

[Lloyd Jenkins]

hehe.
It's actually part of a 2D assignment I have to do for tomorrow morning (not a prayer ), and all that code was for the whole menu (which incidently only half of which works yet ).
I'm just useless with listeners...and java as a whole
Thanks! I'll try it

[Lloyd Jenkins]

Sadly it didn't work (my coding is beyond help )
Thanks anyway!