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    For Loop Help

    i'm using a for loop to iterate through an Arraylist of objects...
    each object is a new window, and only want the for loop to continue after I close each new object..
    i can't figure out how to do that, anyone got an idea?

    here's where the for loop is.
    Code:
     public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent guiEvent) 
       {
          if (guiEvent.getActionCommand ().equals("Add")) 
          {  // determine origin of event
    	      if (choice1Prompt.getText().equals(answerPrompt.getText()))
    	      {
    	           Card localCard = new Card();
    	           localCard.setQuestion(questionPrompt.getText());
    	           localCard.setChoice1(choice1Prompt.getText());
    	           localCard.setChoice2(choice2Prompt.getText());
    	           localCard.setChoice3(choice3Prompt.getText());
    	           localCard.setChoice4(choice4Prompt.getText());
    	           localCard.setAnswer(answerPrompt.getText());
    	           cardList.add(localCard);  // create cardList arrayList element object
    	      }
    	      else if (choice2Prompt.getText().equals(answerPrompt.getText()))
    	      {
    	      	   Card localCard = new Card();
    	           localCard.setQuestion(questionPrompt.getText());
    	           localCard.setChoice1(choice1Prompt.getText());
    	           localCard.setChoice2(choice2Prompt.getText());
    	           localCard.setChoice3(choice3Prompt.getText());
    	           localCard.setChoice4(choice4Prompt.getText());
    	           localCard.setAnswer(answerPrompt.getText());      	
    	           cardList.add(localCard);  // create cardList arrayList element object
    	      }
    	      else if (choice3Prompt.getText().equals(answerPrompt.getText()))
    	      {
    	      	   Card localCard = new Card();
    	           localCard.setQuestion(questionPrompt.getText());
    	           localCard.setChoice1(choice1Prompt.getText());
    	           localCard.setChoice2(choice2Prompt.getText());
    	           localCard.setChoice3(choice3Prompt.getText());
    	           localCard.setChoice4(choice4Prompt.getText());
    	           localCard.setAnswer(answerPrompt.getText());      	
    	           cardList.add(localCard);  // create cardList arrayList element object
    
    
    	      }
    	      else if(choice4Prompt.getText().equals(answerPrompt.getText()))
    	      {
    	      	   Card localCard = new Card();
    	           localCard.setQuestion(questionPrompt.getText());
    	           localCard.setChoice1(choice1Prompt.getText());
    	           localCard.setChoice2(choice2Prompt.getText());
    	           localCard.setChoice3(choice3Prompt.getText());
    	           localCard.setChoice4(choice4Prompt.getText());
    	           localCard.setAnswer(answerPrompt.getText());      	
    	           cardList.add(localCard);  // create cardList arrayList element object
    	      }
    	      else
    	      {
    	      		JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Answer does not equal one of the choices.\nYou must type in an answer equal to one of the choices.");
    	      }
    
                  // reinitialize input fields
                  answerPrompt.setText("... enter answer...");
                  answerPrompt.selectAll();
                  answerPrompt.requestFocus();
          }
    
          else if (guiEvent.getActionCommand().equals("Use FlashCards")) 
          {  // determine origin of event
          		
          		boolean finished = false;
          		
    			if (!(cardList.isEmpty()))
    			{
    				for (Iterator<Card> count = cardList.iterator(); count.hasNext();)
            		{
            			Card localCard = (Card)count.next();
            			CardPanel localPanel = new CardPanel(localCard);
            		}
    			}
    			else
    			{
    				JOptionPane.showMessageDialog (null, "No FlashCards Loaded!");
    			}
          }
    
          else if (guiEvent.getActionCommand().equals("Exit")) 
          {
             System.out.println("\nThank you and good bye!\n");
             System.exit(0); // terminate program normally
          }
        }
    here's all the code, in case some needs it:
    http://members.lycos.co.uk/naazrael/FlashCardsPro.zip
    Last edited by naazrael; 12-14-2005 at 10:34 AM.

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