Buttons on Java...

[Rose Evans]

You guys..I'm stuck again....My Lays button and my popcorn button do not work when I click on them....it looks like I made them the same way..so what's wrong???

 
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
 

public class VendingMachineDemo extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{
    public static final int WIDTH = 500;
    public static final int HEIGHT = 200;
 
    private JTextField message;
 
    public VendingMachineDemo( )
    {
        setSize(WIDTH, HEIGHT);
        addWindowListener(new WindowDestroyer( ));
        setTitle("Vending Machine");
        Container content = getContentPane( );
        content.setBackground(Color.PINK);
        content.setLayout(new BorderLayout( ));
 
        JLabel niceLabel = new JLabel("Please make a selection.");
        ImageIcon smileyIcon = new ImageIcon("smiley.gif");
        niceLabel.setIcon(smileyIcon);
        content.add(niceLabel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
 

 
JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel( );
        buttonPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout( ));
 
JButton ClassicCokeButton = new JButton("Coke Classic");
buttonPanel.add(ClassicCokeButton);
ClassicCokeButton.addActionListener(this);
 
        JButton ChipsButton = new JButton("Lays Chips");
buttonPanel.add(ChipsButton);
ChipsButton.addActionListener(this);
 
        JButton PepsiButton = new JButton("Pepsi");
        buttonPanel.add(PepsiButton);
        PepsiButton.addActionListener(this);
 
JButton CandyBarButton = new JButton ("Candy Bar");
        buttonPanel.add(CandyBarButton);
        CandyBarButton.addActionListener(this);
 
        JButton PopcornButton  = new JButton ("Popcorn");
        buttonPanel.add(PopcornButton);
        PopcornButton.addActionListener(this);
 
        content.add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
 
        message = new JTextField(30);
        content.add(message, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    }
 
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
    {
       if (e.getActionCommand( ).equals("Coke Classic"))
           message.setText("It's the real thing!");
 
           else if (e.getActionCommand( ).equals("Lay Chips"))
         message.setText("Can't eat just one!");
 
   else if (e.getActionCommand( ).equals("Pepsi"))
           message.setText("Better choose a Coke, it's better!");
 

      else if (e.getActionCommand( ).equals("Candy Bar"))
           message.setText("Chocolate is always yummy! Great choice!");
 
      // else
       //    System.out.println("Error in button interface.");
    }
 
    /**
     Creates and displays a window of the class IconDemo.
    */
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        VendingMachineDemo iconGui = new VendingMachineDemo( );
        iconGui.setVisible(true);
 

 

   }
 
}
 

 

[Michael Dunn]

text mis-match
JButton ChipsButton = new JButton("Lays Chips");
else if (e.getActionCommand( ).equals("Lay Chips"))

missing
else if (e.getActionCommand( ).equals("Popcorn"))

[Rose Evans]

Layne,,,thank you, thank you, thank you!! That was a duh on my part!! Ha ha...
Now would you know how to add a text field...in dummy terms for me???

[Ilja Preuss]

Moving to Swing/AWT...