JTextArea problems

[san_fran_crisko]

Hi,

I'm having a small yet annoying problem that I've been trying to get my head around for quite some time. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I am recalling data off a Vector and displaying it on a JTextArea using code like this:

menu.genreTextArea.append("Found the following CD(s), whilst searching for: " + search);
menu.genreTextArea.append("\n");
menu.genreTextArea.append("Name: " + displayCD.name);

etc... etc....

However, instead of displaying this text in the JTextArea within a JFrame, it opens up a whole new window of the same program to display it.

My code is attached if you should need to look at it.

Thanks for your time.

Crisko.

[san_fran_crisko]

Anything from anyone would be great. Here is my code just in the window incase that makes it easier:

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

class MainMenu extends JFrame implements ActionListener{
    
    
    
    int rating = 0;
    int YearSearch = 0;
    int i = 0;
    Integer iyear = 0;
    String yearFieldint = null;
    String criteria = null;
    String asearch = null;
    String gsearch = null;
    String rsearch = null;
    String GenreSearch = null;
    String ArtistSearch = null;
    
    JPanel westPanel = new JPanel();
    JPanel menuPanel = new JPanel();
    JPanel defaultPanel = new JPanel();
    JPanel addPanel = new JPanel();
    JPanel genrePanel = new JPanel();
    JPanel artistPanel = new JPanel();
    JPanel yearPanel = new JPanel();
    
    JLabel titleLabel = new JLabel("CD DATABASE", JLabel.CENTER);
    JLabel defaultLabel = new JLabel("Please select an option from the menu on the left to continue", JLabel.CENTER);
    JLabel nameLabel = new JLabel("CD Name");
    JLabel artistLabel = new JLabel("CD Artist");
    JLabel genreLabel = new JLabel("CD Genre");
    JLabel yearLabel = new JLabel("CD Year");
    JLabel ratingLabel = new JLabel("CD Rating");
    JLabel oneLabel = new JLabel("1");
    JLabel twoLabel = new JLabel("2");
    JLabel threeLabel = new JLabel("3");
    JLabel fourLabel = new JLabel("4");
    JLabel fiveLabel = new JLabel("5");
    JLabel addLabel = new JLabel("Enter your CD details below. Once completed, click SAVE to store details");
    JLabel searchgenreLabel = new JLabel ("Enter the genre of the CD you wish to search for below, then click SEARCH");
    JLabel searchartistLabel = new JLabel ("Enter the artist of the CD you wish to search for below, then click SEARCH");
    JLabel searchyearLabel = new JLabel ("Enter the year from which you wish to search below, then click SEARCH");
    JLabel genreLabel2 = new JLabel ("CD Genre");
    JLabel yearLabel2 = new JLabel ("CD Year");
    JLabel artistLabel2 = new JLabel ("CD Artist");
    
    JButton addButton = new JButton("Add New CD Details");
    JButton artistButton = new JButton("Search for an Artist");
    JButton genreButton = new JButton("Search for a Genre");
    JButton yearButton = new JButton("Search for a Year");
    JButton exitButton = new JButton("Exit");
    JButton saveButton = new JButton("Save");
    JButton searchgenreButton = new JButton("Search");
    JButton searchartistButton = new JButton("Search");
    JButton searchyearButton = new JButton("Search");
    JButton searchratingButton = new JButton("Search");
    
    JTextField nameField = new JTextField(30);
    JTextField artistField = new JTextField(30);
    JTextField genreField = new JTextField(30);
    JTextField yearField = new JTextField(3);
    JTextField searchgenreField = new JTextField(30);
    JTextField searchartistField = new JTextField(30);
    JTextField searchyearField = new JTextField(3);
    JTextField searchratingField = new JTextField(1);
    
    JTextArea genreTextArea = new JTextArea(10, 36);
    JTextArea artistTextArea = new JTextArea("");
    JTextArea ratingTextArea = new JTextArea("");
    JTextArea yearTextArea = new JTextArea("");
    
    
    JScrollPane genreScrollPane = new JScrollPane(genreTextArea);
    
    
    JRadioButton oneButton = new JRadioButton();
    JRadioButton twoButton = new JRadioButton();
    JRadioButton threeButton = new JRadioButton();
    JRadioButton fourButton = new JRadioButton();
    JRadioButton fiveButton = new JRadioButton();
    
    ButtonGroup ratingButtonGroup = new ButtonGroup();
    
    
    public MainMenu() {
        
        super("CD System ver 2.0");
        setSize(588,350);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        menuPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        defaultPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
        addPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
        westPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(5,0));
        genrePanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
        yearPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
        artistPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
        
        menuPanel.add("West", westPanel);
        menuPanel.add("Center", defaultPanel);
        defaultPanel.add("Center", defaultLabel);
        menuPanel.add("North", titleLabel);
        
        
        //Components required for menu
        
        /*genreTextArea.setEditable(false);
        genreTextArea.setLineWrap(true);
        genreTextArea.setCaretPosition(genreTextArea.getDocument().getLength());
        
        genreScrollPane.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(
        JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
        genreScrollPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(10,30));*/
        
        defaultLabel.setFont(new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD, 14));
        titleLabel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension (200, 50));
        titleLabel.setFont(new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD, 24));
        
        
        addButton.addActionListener(this);
        westPanel.add(addButton);
        
        artistButton.addActionListener(this);
        westPanel.add(artistButton);
        
        genreButton.addActionListener(this);
        westPanel.add(genreButton);
        
        yearButton.addActionListener(this);
        westPanel.add(yearButton);
        
        exitButton.addActionListener(this);
        westPanel.add(exitButton);
        
        saveButton.addActionListener(this);
        
        oneButton.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_C);
        oneButton.addActionListener(this);
        
        twoButton.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_C);
        twoButton.addActionListener(this);
        
        threeButton.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_C);
        threeButton.addActionListener(this);
        
        fourButton.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_C);
        fourButton.addActionListener(this);
        
        fiveButton.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_C);
        fiveButton.addActionListener(this);
        
        searchgenreButton.addActionListener(this);
        
        searchartistButton.addActionListener(this);
        
        searchyearButton.addActionListener(this);
        
        ratingButtonGroup.add(oneButton);
        ratingButtonGroup.add(twoButton);
        ratingButtonGroup.add(threeButton);
        ratingButtonGroup.add(fourButton);
        ratingButtonGroup.add(fiveButton);
        
        addPanel.add(addLabel);
        addPanel.add(nameLabel);
        addPanel.add(nameField);
        addPanel.add(artistLabel);
        addPanel.add(artistField);
        addPanel.add(genreLabel);
        addPanel.add(genreField);
        addPanel.add(yearLabel);
        addPanel.add(yearField);
        addPanel.add(ratingLabel);
        addPanel.add(oneLabel);
        addPanel.add(oneButton);
        addPanel.add(twoLabel);
        addPanel.add(twoButton);
        addPanel.add(threeLabel);
        addPanel.add(threeButton);
        addPanel.add(fourLabel);
        addPanel.add(fourButton);
        addPanel.add(fiveLabel);
        addPanel.add(fiveButton);
        addPanel.add(saveButton);
        
        genrePanel.add(searchgenreLabel);
        genrePanel.add(genreLabel2);
        genrePanel.add(searchgenreField);
        genrePanel.add(searchgenreButton);
        genrePanel.add(genreTextArea);
        
        artistPanel.add(searchartistLabel);
        artistPanel.add(artistLabel2);
        artistPanel.add(searchartistField);
        artistPanel.add(searchartistButton);
        
        
        yearPanel.add(searchyearLabel);
        yearPanel.add(yearLabel2);
        yearPanel.add(searchyearField);
        yearPanel.add(searchyearButton);
        
        
        setContentPane(menuPanel);
    
        setVisible(true); }
            
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
        
        if (event.getSource() == exitButton) {
            System.exit(0);
            }
        if (event.getSource() == addButton) {
            defaultPanel.setVisible(false);
            genrePanel.setVisible(false);
            yearPanel.setVisible(false);
            artistPanel.setVisible(false);
            menuPanel.add("Center", addPanel);
            addPanel.setVisible(true);
            }
        if  (event.getSource() == saveButton){
        
            CD tempcd = new CD();
        
            tempcd.name = nameField.getText();
            tempcd.artist = artistField.getText();
            tempcd.genre = genreField.getText();
            yearFieldint = yearField.getText();
            iyear = Integer.valueOf(yearFieldint);
            tempcd.year = iyear;
            tempcd.rating = rating;
            
            CDsystemv2.vCDDatabase.add(tempcd);
            
            nameField.setText("");
            artistField.setText("");
            genreField.setText("");
            yearField.setText("");}        
        
            
        if  (event.getSource() == artistButton){
            defaultPanel.setVisible(false);
            addPanel.setVisible(false);
            genrePanel.setVisible(false);
            yearPanel.setVisible(false);
            menuPanel.add("Center", artistPanel);
            artistPanel.setVisible(true);
            }
            
        if  (event.getSource() == genreButton){
            defaultPanel.setVisible(false);
            addPanel.setVisible(false);
            yearPanel.setVisible(false);
            artistPanel.setVisible(false);
            menuPanel.add("Center", genrePanel);
            genrePanel.setVisible(true);
            }
            
        if  (event.getSource() == yearButton){
            genrePanel.setVisible(false);
            artistPanel.setVisible(false);
            addPanel.setVisible(false);
            defaultPanel.setVisible(false);
            menuPanel.add("Center", yearPanel);
            yearPanel.setVisible(true);
            }
            
        if (event.getSource()==oneButton) {
            rating = 1;}
        if (event.getSource()==twoButton) {
            rating = 2;}
        if (event.getSource()==threeButton) {
            rating = 3;}
        if (event.getSource()==fourButton) {
            rating = 4; }
        if (event.getSource()==fiveButton) {
            rating = 5; }
            
        if (event.getSource() == searchgenreButton) {
            
            String criteria = searchgenreField.getText();
            
            DisplayCDDetails.printgenredetails(criteria);
                
        }
        if (event.getSource() == searchartistButton) {
            
            String criteria = searchartistField.getText();
            
            DisplayCDDetails.printartistdetails(criteria);
                
        }
        if (event.getSource() == searchratingButton) {
            
            String criteria = searchratingField.getText();
            
            DisplayCDDetails.printratingdetails(criteria);
                
        }
            
        }
}


class DisplayCDDetails {

    
    public static void printgenredetails(String gsearch){
        
        CD displayCD = new CD();
        MainMenu menu = new MainMenu();
        
        for (int i=0; i<CDsystemv2.vCDDatabase.size();i++) {
            displayCD = (CD)CDsystemv2.vCDDatabase.get(i);
            
            if ((gsearch).equals(displayCD.genre)) {
        
            menu.genreTextArea.append("Found the following CD(s), whilst searching for: " + gsearch);
            menu.genreTextArea.append("\n");
            menu.genreTextArea.append("Name: " + displayCD.name);
            menu.genreTextArea.append("\n");
            menu.genreTextArea.append("Artist: " + displayCD.artist);
            menu.genreTextArea.append("\n");
            menu.genreTextArea.append("Genre: " + displayCD.genre);
            menu.genreTextArea.append("\n");
            menu.genreTextArea.append("Year: " + displayCD.year);
            menu.genreTextArea.append("\n");
            menu.genreTextArea.append("Rating: " + displayCD.rating);
            menu.genreTextArea.append("\n");
            menu.genreTextArea.append("**************************");
         }
            
            else {
                
            menu.genreTextArea.append("No CDs found in database");
            menu.genreTextArea.append("\n");
            menu.genreTextArea.append("**************************");
                
            }
        }
                
        }
    public static void printartistdetails(String asearch){
        
        CD displayCD = new CD();
        MainMenu menu = new MainMenu();
        
        for (int i=0; i<CDsystemv2.vCDDatabase.size();i++) {
            displayCD = (CD)CDsystemv2.vCDDatabase.get(i);
            
            if ((asearch).equals(displayCD.genre)) {
        
            menu.artistTextArea.append("Found the following CD(s), whilst searching for: " + asearch);
            menu.artistTextArea.append("\n");
            menu.artistTextArea.append("Name: " + displayCD.name);
            menu.artistTextArea.append("\n");
            menu.artistTextArea.append("Artist: " + displayCD.artist);
            menu.artistTextArea.append("\n");
            menu.artistTextArea.append("Genre: " + displayCD.genre);
            menu.artistTextArea.append("\n");
            menu.artistTextArea.append("Year: " + displayCD.year);
            menu.artistTextArea.append("\n");
            menu.artistTextArea.append("Rating: " + displayCD.rating);
            menu.artistTextArea.append("\n");
            menu.artistTextArea.append("**************************"); }
            
            else {
                
            menu.artistTextArea.append("No CDs found in database");
            menu.artistTextArea.append("\n");
            menu.artistTextArea.append("**************************");
            }
        }
                
        }
    public static void printratingdetails(String rsearch){
        
        CD displayCD = new CD();
        MainMenu menu = new MainMenu();
        
        for (int i=0; i<CDsystemv2.vCDDatabase.size();i++) {
            displayCD = (CD)CDsystemv2.vCDDatabase.get(i);
            
            if ((rsearch).equals(displayCD.genre)) {
        
            menu.ratingTextArea.append("Found the following CD(s), whilst searching for: " + rsearch);
            menu.ratingTextArea.append("\n");
            menu.ratingTextArea.append("Name: " + displayCD.name);
            menu.ratingTextArea.append("\n");
            menu.ratingTextArea.append("Artist: " + displayCD.artist);
            menu.ratingTextArea.append("\n");
            menu.ratingTextArea.append("Genre: " + displayCD.genre);
            menu.ratingTextArea.append("\n");
            menu.ratingTextArea.append("Year: " + displayCD.year);
            menu.ratingTextArea.append("\n");
            menu.ratingTextArea.append("Rating: " + displayCD.rating);
            menu.ratingTextArea.append("\n");
            menu.ratingTextArea.append("**************************"); }
            
            else {
                
            menu.ratingTextArea.append("No CDs found in database");
            menu.ratingTextArea.append("\n");
            menu.ratingTextArea.append("**************************");;
            }
        }
                
        }
    
    public static void prinyeardetails(String search) {
        
        MainMenu menu = new MainMenu();
        CD displayCD = new CD();
        
        menu.genreTextArea.append("Found the following CD(s), whilst searching for: " + search);
        menu.genreTextArea.append("\n");
        menu.genreTextArea.append("Name: " + displayCD.name);
        menu.genreTextArea.append("\n");
        menu.genreTextArea.append("Artist: " + displayCD.artist);
        menu.genreTextArea.append("\n");
        menu.genreTextArea.append("Genre: " + displayCD.genre);
        menu.genreTextArea.append("\n");
        menu.genreTextArea.append("Year: " + displayCD.year);
        menu.genreTextArea.append("\n");
        menu.genreTextArea.append("Rating: " + displayCD.rating);
        menu.genreTextArea.append("\n");
        menu.genreTextArea.append("**************************");
        
        
    }
    
    public static void printoutfail() {
        
        MainMenu menu = new MainMenu();
        CD displayCD = new CD();
        
        menu.genreTextArea.append("No CDs found in database");
        menu.genreTextArea.append("\n");
        menu.genreTextArea.append("**************************");
    }
            
           
                
    
    
}

class CD {

     String name;
     String artist;
     String genre; 
     Integer year;
     int rating;    
    
}

public class CDsystemv2 {

    static Vector vCDDatabase = new Vector();
        
    public static void main (String[] args) {

        MainMenu start = new MainMenu();
    }
}