Im planing to have several Methods that will display the question and the answer choices to their coresponding labels and cmdButtons.

But somehow i get the error message "void is an invalid type for the variable" when i want to create my method below of my code (i commented the spot).
Maybe, someone can tell me what im doing wrong.

Thank you...

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import javax.sound.midi.InvalidMidiDataException;
import javax.sound.midi.MidiSystem;
import javax.sound.midi.MidiUnavailableException;
import javax.sound.midi.Sequence;
import javax.sound.midi.Sequencer;
import javax.swing.*;

import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;



public class GameScreen extends JDialog {
	
	JPanel frmGame = new JPanel();
	JPanel frmQuestion = new JPanel();
	JPanel frmLevel = new JPanel();
	JLabel lblTitle = new JLabel ("Do you know...?"); 
	JLabel lblRemember = new JLabel("Remeber, no mistake is allowed!");
	JLabel lblPlayer = new JLabel("");
	JLabel lblQuestion = new JLabel("");
	JLabel lblPeso1 = new JLabel("    10 Pesos");
	JLabel lblPeso2 = new JLabel("    20 Pesos");
	JLabel lblPeso3 = new JLabel("    30 Pesos");
	JLabel lblPeso4 = new JLabel("    40 Pesos");
	JLabel lblPeso5 = new JLabel("    50 Pesos");
	JLabel lblPeso6 = new JLabel("    60 Pesos");
	JLabel lblPeso7 = new JLabel("    70 Pesos");
	JLabel lblPeso8 = new JLabel("    80 Pesos");
	JLabel lblPeso9 = new JLabel("    90 Pesos");
	JLabel lblPeso10 = new JLabel("   100 Pesos");
	JLabel lblImage6 = new JLabel(new ImageIcon("D:\\Schule\\Java Projects\\Final Java2\\fackel_0010.GIF"));
	JLabel lblImage7 = new JLabel(new ImageIcon("D:\\Schule\\Java Projects\\Final Java2\\fackel_0010.GIF"));
	JLabel lblReminder = new JLabel(new ImageIcon("D:\\Schule\\Java Projects\\Final Java2\\mann_0007.GIF"));
	JLabel lblPlayerIcon = new JLabel(new ImageIcon("D:\\Schule\\Java Projects\\Final Java2\\Nervous.GIF"));
	JButton cmdAnswer1 = new JButton("A");
	JButton cmdAnswer2 = new JButton("B");
	JButton cmdAnswer3 = new JButton("C");
	JButton cmdAnswer4 = new JButton("D");
	JButton cmdBackChoose = new JButton("Back to Main Menu");
	
	
	
	
	public GameScreen(String name) {
		
		setSize(800,800);
		setLocation(400,50);
		setResizable(false);
		setTitle("DO YOU KNOW...?");
		setVisible(true);
		frmGame.setLayout(null);
		frmGame.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
		frmQuestion.setLayout(null);
		frmQuestion.setBackground(Color.BLUE);
		frmQuestion.setBounds(150,150,500,200);
		frmLevel.setLayout(null);
		frmLevel.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
		frmLevel.setBounds(660,400,130,300);
		
		
		lblTitle.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 30));
		lblTitle.setForeground(Color.YELLOW);
		lblTitle.setBounds(280,30,260,50);
		lblQuestion.setBounds(150,150,500,200);
		lblQuestion.setForeground(Color.YELLOW);
		lblQuestion.setFont(new Font("Arial",Font.BOLD, 18));
		
		
		lblPeso1.setBounds(660,670,130,30);
		lblPeso1.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD,22));
		lblPeso2.setBounds(660,640,130,30);
		lblPeso2.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD,22));
		lblPeso3.setBounds(660,610,130,30);
		lblPeso3.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD,22));
		lblPeso4.setBounds(660,580,130,30);
		lblPeso4.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD,22));
		lblPeso5.setBounds(660,550,130,30);
		lblPeso5.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD,22));
		lblPeso6.setBounds(660,520,130,30);
		lblPeso6.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD,22));
		lblPeso7.setBounds(660,490,130,30);
		lblPeso7.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD,22));
		lblPeso8.setBounds(660,460,130,30);
		lblPeso8.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD,22));
		lblPeso9.setBounds(660,430,130,30);
		lblPeso9.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD,22));
		lblPeso10.setBounds(660,400,130,30);
		lblPeso10.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD,22));
		
		lblReminder.setBounds(10,580,80,200);
		lblRemember.setBounds(80,600,200,40);
		lblRemember.setForeground(Color.RED);
		
		lblPlayer.setBounds(360,740,100,40);
		lblPlayer.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD,18));
		lblPlayer.setForeground(Color.YELLOW);
		lblPlayer.setText(name);
		lblPlayerIcon.setBounds(320,570,150,200);
		
		
		cmdAnswer1.setBounds(225,400,150,50);
		cmdAnswer2.setBounds(425,400,150,50);
		cmdAnswer3.setBounds(225,500,150,50);
		cmdAnswer4.setBounds(425,500,150,50);
		
		cmdBackChoose.setBounds(640,730,150,40);
		
		lblImage6.setBounds(100,245,50,110);
		lblImage7.setBounds(660,245,50,110);
		
		
		
	
		frmGame.add(lblPeso1);
		frmGame.add(lblPeso2);
		frmGame.add(lblPeso3);
		frmGame.add(lblPeso4);
		frmGame.add(lblPeso5);
		frmGame.add(lblPeso6);
		frmGame.add(lblPeso7);
		frmGame.add(lblPeso8);
		frmGame.add(lblPeso9);
		frmGame.add(lblPeso10);
		frmGame.add(lblPlayer);
		frmGame.add(lblPlayerIcon);
		frmGame.add(lblTitle);
		frmGame.add(lblQuestion);
		frmGame.add(frmQuestion);
		frmGame.add(frmLevel);
		frmGame.add(lblImage6);
		frmGame.add(lblImage7);
		frmGame.add(cmdAnswer1);
		frmGame.add(cmdAnswer2);
		frmGame.add(cmdAnswer3);
		frmGame.add(cmdAnswer4);
		frmGame.add(lblReminder);
		frmGame.add(lblRemember);
		frmGame.add(cmdBackChoose);
		
		
		
		getContentPane().add(frmGame);
		
		
		
		
		cmdBackChoose.addActionListener(new ActionListener() 
		{
	       
	    		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
	    		{
	    			
	    			int result = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog((Component) e.getSource(),"Do You Realy Want To Go Back To Main Menu?");
	    			if (result == JOptionPane.YES_OPTION) {
	    				dispose();
		    			new ChoosingScreen().show();
	    			} else if (result == JOptionPane.NO_OPTION) {
	    			}
	    		}});
		
		
		
	/*	
		 try {
	        // From file
	        Sequence sequence = MidiSystem.getSequence(new File("Addicted_To_Love.MIDI"));
	    
	        // From URL
	        sequence = MidiSystem.getSequence(new URL("D:\\Schule\\Java Projects\\Final Java2\\Addicted_To_Love.MIDI"));
	    
	        // Create a sequencer for the sequence
	        Sequencer sequencer = MidiSystem.getSequencer();
	        sequencer.open();
	        sequencer.setSequence(sequence);
	    
	        // Start playing
	        sequencer.start();
	    } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
	    } catch (IOException e) {
	    } catch (MidiUnavailableException e) {
	    } catch (InvalidMidiDataException e) {
	    }
	*/
		
		
		public void getQuestion {          //the getQuestion creates the error
			
			String q1 = "For what does JAVA stands for?";
			String a1 = "answer1";
			String a2 = "answer1";
			String a3 = "answer1";
			String a4 = "answer1";
			
			lblQuestion.setText(q1);
			cmdAnswer1.setText(a1);
			cmdAnswer2.setText(a2);
			cmdAnswer3.setText(a3);
			cmdAnswer4.setText(a4);
			
		}		
		
	}	

}

Missing } at end of previous method

ps NEVER leave empty catch blocks like 187-191

1. getQuestion is part of your constructor GameScreen, it should be outside
2. getQuestion is missing round barckets

hmmmm no matter where i place the bracket the error still remains or even creates more.

ok got it now... thank you very much!!!!

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