how 2 make GUI from oop application

[BooBoo]

hi all, i need your help urgently as i have to finish my project by this week.
iv got all the classes and methods that take care of everything that my application will need.

however i dont know how to create the GUI and implement the listener etc.. to take care of menu selections, making them do what they're supposed to do. can anyone help me?

thank you

[godcomplex]

Take a look at the Swing tutorial from sun:

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/

-gc

[davidkiwi]

here's something simple that may help....


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

public class guiExample extends JFrame
{
JButton closeBtn, submitBtn, clearBtn;
JTextField unameTxt, passTxt;

public static void main(String[] args)
{
new guiExample().entryGUI();
}

public void entryGUI()
{
Container frmContent = getContentPane();
frmContent.setLayout(new BorderLayout());

//Create the username label and textfield
JPanel userPanel = new JPanel();
JLabel unameLbl = new JLabel("User name");
unameTxt = new JTextField(15);
userPanel.add(unameLbl);
userPanel.add(unameTxt);

//Create the password label and textfield
JPanel passPanel = new JPanel();
JLabel passLbl = new JLabel("Password");
passTxt = new JTextField(15);
passPanel.add(passLbl);
passPanel.add(passTxt);

//Create the buttons
JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel();
closeBtn = new JButton("Close");
submitBtn = new JButton("Submit");
clearBtn = new JButton("Clear");
closeBtn.addActionListener(new buttonListener());
submitBtn.addActionListener(new buttonListener());
clearBtn.addActionListener(new buttonListener());
buttonPanel.add(closeBtn);
buttonPanel.add(submitBtn);
buttonPanel.add(clearBtn);

frmContent.add(userPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
frmContent.add(passPanel);
frmContent.add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

setSize(350, 300);
setLocation(50,100);
setVisible(true);
}

public class buttonListener implements ActionListener
{
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
{
Object source = event.getSource();
if(source == closeBtn)
System.exit(0);

else if(source == submitBtn)
{
String uname = unameTxt.getText();
String pass = passTxt.getText();

//I guess here you would have to connect to a database so the program could
//compare the user's input against all the ones contained in the database.
//For now I'll just compare the user's input with "scott" and "tiger".
if(uname.equals("scott") & pass.equals("tiger"))
createMain();
}

else if(source == clearBtn)
{
unameTxt.setText("");
passTxt.setText("");
}
}
}

public void createMain()
{
System.out.println("in main");
JFrame mainWindow = new JFrame();
mainWindow.setSize(600, 600);
mainWindow.setVisible(true);
setVisible(false);
}
}