Creating a high score and reading from game

[unkn0wnStu]

Hi, I'm trying to create a highscore database for my game, and would like to start off with a view high score frame. When the user clicks this frame will pop up, but for some reason I can't set the player and score information to my JLabels.

I'm not sure if I should use 2d array instead. Beginner here.
thanks

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class HighScoreManager extends JFrame {
    HighScore[] scores;
    int scoreCount, scorePosition;
    Container hiS;
    JLabel lblTitle, lblFirst, lblFirstPlayer, lblFirstScore,
            lblSecond, lblSecondPlayer, lblSecondScore,
            lblThird, lblThirdPlayer, lblThirdScore,
            lblFourth, lblFourthPlayer, lblFourthScore,
            lblFifth, lblFifthPlayer, lblFifthScore;
    JPanel northPanel, centerPanel;

    public HighScoreManager() {

        hiS = this.getContentPane();
        hiS.setLayout(new BorderLayout());

        northPanel = new JPanel();
        northPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());

        lblTitle = new JLabel("Hi-Scores");
        northPanel.add(lblTitle);

        hiS.add(northPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);

        //Center panel
        centerPanel = new JPanel();
        centerPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(5, 3));

        lblFirst = new JLabel("1.");
        lblFirstPlayer = new JLabel("");
        lblFirstScore = new JLabel("");

        lblSecond = new JLabel("2.");
        lblSecondPlayer = new JLabel("");
        lblSecondScore = new JLabel("");

        lblThird = new JLabel("3.");
        lblThirdPlayer = new JLabel("");
        lblThirdScore = new JLabel("");

        lblFourth = new JLabel("4.");
        lblFourthPlayer = new JLabel("");
        lblFourthScore = new JLabel("");

        lblFifth = new JLabel("5.");
        lblFifthPlayer = new JLabel("");
        lblFifthScore = new JLabel("");

        centerPanel.add(lblFirst);
        centerPanel.add(lblFirstPlayer);
        centerPanel.add(lblFirstScore);
        centerPanel.add(lblSecond);
        centerPanel.add(lblSecondPlayer);
        centerPanel.add(lblSecondScore);
        centerPanel.add(lblThird);
        centerPanel.add(lblThirdPlayer);
        centerPanel.add(lblThirdScore);
        centerPanel.add(lblFourth);
        centerPanel.add(lblFourthPlayer);
        centerPanel.add(lblFourthScore);
        centerPanel.add(lblFifth);
        centerPanel.add(lblFifthPlayer);
        centerPanel.add(lblFifthScore);

        hiS.add(centerPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);

        //
        scores = new HighScore[5];
        scoreCount = 0;
        
        try {
            File file = new File("hiScore.txt");
            Scanner input = new Scanner(file);
            // Iterate through the data in the data file and create objects
            while(input.hasNext()) {
                String player = input.next();
                int score = input.nextInt();
                System.out.println(player + score);

                scores[scoreCount] = new HighScore(player, score);

                scoreCount++; // increment the value because we actually created a car
                System.out.println(scoreCount);
            }
            input.close(); // close the input stream as we have finished reading the data

            // set the position to be zero
            scorePosition = 0;

            showScore();
        }
        catch(Exception e) {
            //JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "File Could Not be Opened");
        }
    }

    public void showScore() {
        // pupulate the text boxes with the values of the first car in the array.
        if(scoreCount != -1) {
            lblFirstPlayer.setText( scores[scorePosition].getPlayer() );
            
        }
         else   {
            lblFirstPlayer.setText( scores[scorePosition].getPlayer() );
            lblFirstScore.setText("");
        }
    }

[JamesCherrill]

Line 98 is a BIG mistake. If you have a problem reading the scores file you have chosen NOT to be told anything about it! In every catch block of a new program you should request a full print of all the info available on your error.

catch(Exception e) {
  e.printStackTrace();
}

Make sure you have this in all your catches, and run th etest again.

[unkn0wnStu]

I changed the catch exception and I get this error:

.HighScoreManager.<init>(HighScoreManager.java:88)

I was able to get the read and printed to the console but could not set the text to the JLabels.

[JamesCherrill]

That's just one part of the error message. This first line tells you what the error was, the subsequent lines tell you where. You need both for debugging.
It's usually a waste of time to continue testing until you have fixed the known Execption(s).