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I have a method in one of my classes which adds a few items to a JComboBox,
and buttons for Ok and Cancel. What I want is for the user to select one of
the items in the JComboBox and click Ok which will cause the method to
return a String. I cant seem to do this, I think my design needs changing
slightly. Here is what I have:

/**
* getInitialState displays a new JPanel for the variable containing
* a drop doen listBox for each derivative so the user can select the
* values to set up the initial states. This returns a String which
* will be saved to file for parsing later.
*/
public String getInitialState()
{
JFrame lFrame = new JFrame();
Container lContainer = lFrame.getContentPane();
lContainer.setLayout(new BorderLayout());

JPanel lDerivsPanel = new JPanel();
lDerivsPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(rows, cols, 5, 5));

// go through each derivative in turn
for (int i=0; i<mNumDerivatives; i++)
{
/*
* for each derivative, display the deriv, and underneath
* display a listbox
* if this is the 0th deriv and the variable is exogenous
* then display a checkbox to determine if the variable is
* fixed
*/
JPanel lSubPanel = new JPanel();
lSubPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(3, 1, 2, 2));

// add the label of the deriv
String lDerivName = "deriv: " + i;
JLabel lLabel = new JLabel(lDerivName);
lSubPanel.add(lLabel);

// add the qspace tuples in a listbox
JComboBox lComboBox = new JComboBox(mQSpace[i].tupleLabels());
lSubPanel.add(lComboBox);

// add the checkbox for fixed if necessary
if (i==0 && mExoVar)
{
JCheckBox lCheckBox = new JCheckBox("Fixed");
}

lDerivsPanel.add(lSubPanel);
}

// set up the Ok and Cancel buttons
JPanel lOkCancelPanel = new JPanel();
JButton lOkButton = new JButton("Ok");
lOkButton.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener()
{
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
{
// if I return a String here then I get an error since
// actionPerformed is a null method
}
});

JButton lCancelButton = new JButton("Cancel");
lCancelButton.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener()
{
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
{

}
});

// here I want to return my String chosen, or null if cancel is
pressed
}


Thanks
Allan

In article <camo1h$uc9$>,
"Allan Bruce" <> wrote:

> // here I want to return my String chosen, or null if cancel is
> pressed

Maybe I'm missing something, but why do you expect either button to be
pressed before you exit this method?

Seems to me you either need a dialog if you want the string immediately,
or you need OK's actionPerformed to do the saving if clicking one of the
buttons is completely optional.

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Phillip Mills
Multi-platform software development
(416) 224-0714

"Phillip Mills" <> wrote in message
news:d7Dzc.23611$. ..
> In article <camo1h$uc9$>,
> "Allan Bruce" <> wrote:
>
> > // here I want to return my String chosen, or null if cancel is
> > pressed
>
> Maybe I'm missing something, but why do you expect either button to be
> pressed before you exit this method?
>
> Seems to me you either need a dialog if you want the string immediately,
> or you need OK's actionPerformed to do the saving if clicking one of the
> buttons is completely optional.
>

I dont want the method to return until a button has been pressed, is this
possible to do?
Thanks
Allan

In article <can04g$14v$>,
"Allan Bruce" <> wrote:

> I dont want the method to return until a button has been pressed, is this
> possible to do?

That is just about the definition of a modal dialog.

<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutor.../dialog.html#i
nput>

--
Phillip Mills
Multi-platform software development
(416) 224-0714