String Question

[sunshinegirl]

Hi,
I am writing a new file from information thats from another program.I can't figure out how to: write the input (String) that gets displayed in the JOptionPane to the file. So how would I do this would I call the String from the other class?

[jkmyoung]

2 problems here:
1. Getting the String.
2. Displaying the String.
Which are you having problems with, and could you show the code you're using to try and do it?

[sunshinegirl]

Hi,
My problem would be getting the string from the GUI program I have already created. The string from program 1 has information that the user would input and would be printed out in a JOptionPane.

Like this:

string1 = "First Name" + first1.getText()+ "\nLast Name "+last1.getText()+ "\n Drivers License Number:" + dlabel1.getText()+ "\n Pick Up Date:" +pubox.getText()+ "\n Pick Up Time:"+ hours2.getSelectedItem()
  + "\n Drop Off Date:"+ dobox.getText()+"\n Drop Off Time:" + hours.getSelectedItem()+"\n Car Type:"+ select.getSelectedItem()+ "\n Optional:"+ insurance.isSelected() + "\n Optional:"+gps.isSelected() +"\n Special Request:"+carea.getText()+"\n Payment Options:"+ card.isSelected()+card2.isSelected()+card3.isSelected()+card4.isSelected()+"\nCard Number:"+ cnbox.getText()+ "\nExpiration Date:" + edbox.getText();  

However I am trying to take this responses and write them to a new file using this:

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
 
public class WriteToFileWithFormatter {
 
public static void main(String[]args) {
 
 File Brittney = new File("Brittney"); //Declaring & Initalizing 
 //try  //{
 //Scanner scn= new Scanner(rcfile);
 //while(scn.hasNext()){
 //String line = scn.nextLine();
 //System.out.println(line);
//} 
  //}
 //catch(FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
 // System.out.println("Here is your Rental Information!!"); 
  //}
  Formatter output= new Formatter();
   try{ 
  output = new Formatter("C:\\Brittney.txt");  //writes a new file for you but you need to open it 
  output.format( string1); 
  output.close(); //have to close the program
     }
 
 catch(FileNotFoundException fnfe){
 output.close();  
 System.out.println("File doesn't exist!!");   
 } // local to this catch 
 finally {
  output.close();  
 }
}
}

[jkmyoung]

Weird! It looks like it should work, although on my computer it doesn't unless I change the file location.
Check if you have permissions to create a new file at that location. By any chance are you running windows 7? Try creating the file in your user directory, eg, something like C:\\users\\bsmith\\documents\\test.txt

[sunshinegirl]

I have Vista actually but I rechecked the file location and that made it work. Except instead of typing the string1 I just tried the word hello and it worked.