This is driving me crazy!!!

[syst3m]

The SDK is giving me and error with this Java code.

It gives this error message:

guiprogram.java:43: cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : variable pane
location: class guiprogram
  pane.setJMenuBar(menubar1);
  ^
1 error

Please help! Here is my code:

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class guiprogram extends JFrame {
 public guiprogram() {
  super("My Program that does Absolutely Nothing");
  setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
  setSize(700, 500);
  JMenuItem m1 = new JMenuItem("Item 1");
  JMenuItem m2 = new JMenuItem("Item 2");
  JMenuItem m3 = new JMenuItem("Item 3");
  JMenuItem m4 = new JMenuItem("Item 4");
  JMenuItem m5 = new JMenuItem("Item 5");
  JMenuItem m6 = new JMenuItem("Item 6");
  JMenu menu1 = new JMenu("Menu 1");
  menu1.add(m1);
  menu1.add(m2);
  menu1.add(m3);
  menu1.addSeparator();
  menu1.add(m4);
  menu1.add(m5);
  menu1.add(m6);
  JMenu menu2 = new JMenu("Menu 2");
  menu2.add(m1);
  menu2.add(m2);
  menu2.add(m3);
  menu2.addSeparator();
  menu2.add(m4);
  menu2.add(m5);
  menu2.add(m6);
  JMenu menu3 = new JMenu("Menu 3");
  menu3.add(m1);
  menu3.add(m2);
  menu3.add(m3);
  menu3.addSeparator();
  menu3.add(m4);
  menu3.add(m5);
  menu3.add(m6);
  JMenuBar menubar1 = new JMenuBar();
  menubar1.add(menu1);
  menubar1.add(menu2);
  menubar1.add(menu3);
  JPanel pane = new JPanel();
  pane.setJMenuBar(menubar1);
  setContentPane(pane);
  try {
   UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
   SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(this);
  }
  catch (Exception e) {
   System.err.println("Can't set GUI: " + e);
  }
 }
 public static void main(String[] arguments) {
  guiprogram frame = new guiprogram();
  frame.setVisible(true);
 }
}

[ArchAngel]

(Small point - your class names should really begin capitalized: GuiProgram)
I actually got a different error:

C:\docs\forums\gui_test>javac guiprogram.java
guiprogram.java:44: cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : method setJMenuBar (javax.swing.JMenuBar)
location: class javax.swing.JPanel
  pane.setJMenuBar(menubar1);
      ^
1 error

Basically, there isn't a method on JPanel called 'setJMenuBar'. It's on JFrame. Change line 44 to read:

  this.setJMenuBar(menubar1);

Then it should all work fine.

Hope this helps,

David.