jcheckbox and actionlisteners

[carlos123]

i wondering if any with blueJ will look at my program, and just tell me what im doing wrong. ive been trying to solve this problem for 3 weeks now, and i am just sick of it.

email. <Email removed>
aim. <AIM removed>

thanks.

 public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent event)
      {
          if (bathroom.isSelected()) {
            
                   bathroomb=true;
                    }

        if (bathroomb == true){
   f1.dispose();
}
}

thats basicly my problem. i dont understand why its not working.

[Ganon11]

What is bathroom and bathroomb?

[carlos123]

bathroom is a checkbox

bathroomb is a boolean

sorry.

[Ganon11]

Well, I don't see why you need both bathroom and bathroomb. Why not have the code:

[CODE=java]if (bathroom.isSel ected()) {
f1.dispose();
}[/CODE]

If you do this, and it doesn't work, check out the dispose method you are calling on f1 (whatever that is).

[carlos123]

      if (bathroom.isSelected()) {
  
         System.out.println("WONT PRINT");
  
      }

i was just using f1.dispose as an example. im just saying the code wont work.

[Ganon11]

Well, I have no clue. perhaps a better explanation of "does not work" would be helpful? Does it not compile? Does it compile, but not run? Does it run, but not do what you expect? We're going to need more details and background, because the code you have given here looks perfectly alright.

[r035198x]

You use an ItemListener not an ActionListener for the JCheckbox to handle the event that you want to handle here. You should have read the Java tutorial here before you tried this.