Help! I need help w/ALabel(s) to display messages

[Rob Michaelson]

Hello all,
I have these ALabels(below) - That I need to display an error message and an items list hence the "[]" that I am calling "x-items" after 3 diferent buttons are clicked. I know that I need to create a method to display the x-items and also use my instance variable "count" (int count = 0; ) . I get kinda lost after that. These messages are a result of clicking the 3AbuttonHandler (3 buttons "left" that I am calling "Save", "mid" that I am calling "display", and "right" that I am calling "discard")

(Edited to remove "smiley" -Barry)
private ALabel entries;
private ALabel answer;
private ALabel[] display;
Any advice would be appreciated
Rob
note: I did look for a similar post
[ July 28, 2003: Message edited by: Barry Gaunt ]

[Barry Gaunt]

Rob, I think you will have to give more context and code for anybody to be able to help you here. What exactly are these "ALabel"s ? The only labels I know are "Labels" from the AWT library or "JLabels" from the Swing Library.
-Barry

[Rob Michaelson]

Barry
Sorry - yes they are just like JLabels or Labels (text to be displayed in the window).... I am using a custom library(?) from Riley - example: http://www.jinguji.net/course/csc142/alibrary/ALabel.html
Rob

[Rob Michaelson]

(I have been able to get to this point)
I am to create a method that displays what has been entered in a textfield("input" below - the "X-items" is a list of ten ie. String [] storage = new String[10];
input = new ATextField(125,400,150,25);
input.place(win);
input.setFontSize(12);
This is what I am having trouble with - how to get the input of (up to) 10 items in JLabel
>>>>HERE IS WHAT I CAME UP WITH>>>
String labelText = "";
for (int i = 0; i < storage.length; i++) {
labelText += storage[i];
}
But it "Can't resolve symbol" in the second line....
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Rob

[Rob Michaelson]

Hi folks - an update on my saga - I have in fact got somewhere - at least no syntax errors but it is not working - I need help.
I can�t get anything to display from clicking any of the 3 buttons � one which �saves� the string values and �prints� the number of entries- one that takes those saved values and displays them in the window � and one that discards the items. If I can get the first two I think I could get the last. If anyone is wondering: ALabel is just llike JLabel or Label

import dLibrary.*;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.image.*;
 
/**
 *
 * 
 * @author Rob  
 * @version 7/3/2003
 */
 
public class ListOfStrings extends A3ButtonHandler 
{
   
        private A3ButtonWindow win;    
        private ATextField input;    
        private ALabel entries;    
        private ALabel answer;    
        private ALabel[] display;  // Declares a variable that can hold an array
        private String[] storage;
        private int count = 0;
    
    
    /**
     * Constructs the handler object, the 3-button
     * window and populates the window.
     */
    public ListOfStrings()
    {
 
        
        // Create the 3-button window
        win = new A3ButtonWindow(this);
        win.setLeftText("Save");
        win.setMidText("Display");
        win.setRightText("Discard");
      
      
        
        display = new ALabel[10];
       display[0] = new ALabel(200, 100, 200, 20); // Populate first element 
        display[1] = new ALabel(200, 125, 200, 20);
        display[2] = new ALabel(200, 150, 200, 20);
        display[3] = new ALabel(200, 175, 200, 20);
        display[4] = new ALabel(200, 200, 200, 20);
        display[5] = new ALabel(200, 225, 200, 20);
        display[6] = new ALabel(200, 250, 200, 20);
        display[7] = new ALabel(200, 275, 200, 20);
        display[8] = new ALabel(200, 300, 200, 20);
        display[9] = new ALabel(200, 325, 200, 20);
        display[9] = new ALabel(200, 350, 200, 20); // Populate tenth element
    
           
        storage = new String[9];
                
      input = new ATextField(125,400,150,25);
      input.place(win);
      input.setFontSize(12);
 
 
        // Refresh the window
      win.repaint();
    }
    
 public void NumberedList()
 {
  entries.setText(" There are " + count + "in the list");
 }
  
  
    public void leftAction() // saves entries and displays entry count  
    {
       storage[count]= input.getText();
       NumberedList();
    
  }
 
    /**
     * Displays saved entries
     */
    public void midAction() 
      {
   
   for (int i = 0; i < storage.length; i++)
  
    display[i].setText(storage[i]);
 
      }
 
 
    public void rightAction() 
    {
       
    }
}

Thanks
Rob