Netbeans IDE hell, a problem with my actionlistener

[cnixuser]

Hello, I am currently attempting to implement a simple actionlistener for a button in a JFrame that was created via "drag and drop" with the Netbeans 5.0 IDE, the code that I am using to implement the actionlistener should work, and is taken from other functional examples ;however, for some reason the compiler kicks out the following error :

/home/vontux/cis435lab1/src/UserInterface.java:103: <identifier> expected
    btn_roll.addActionListener(
1 error

It acts as if the button is not yet declared ;however, as you can see in the rest of the code here

/*
 * UserInterface.java
 *
 * Created on March 20, 2007, 8:31 PM
 */
 
/**
 *
 * @author  vontux
 */
import java.util.Random;
public class UserInterface extends javax.swing.JDialog {
 
    /** Creates new form UserInterface */
    private Random rand = new Random();
    public UserInterface(java.awt.Frame parent, boolean modal) {
        super(parent, modal);
        initComponents();
    }
 
    /** This method is called from within the constructor to
     * initialize the form.bu
     * WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is
     * always regenerated by the Form Editor.
     */
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Code ">
    private void initComponents() {
        txt_rand = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        btn_roll = new javax.swing.JButton();
        lbl_status = new javax.swing.JLabel();
 
        setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
        addWindowListener(new java.awt.event.WindowAdapter() {
            public void windowClosed(java.awt.event.WindowEvent evt) {
                UserInterface.this.windowClosed(evt);
            }
        });
 
        txt_rand.setText("1234");
 
        btn_roll.setText("Roll");
 
        lbl_status.setText("jLabel1");
 
        org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout layout = new org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
        getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
        layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
            .add(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.TRAILING, layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap(127, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .add(layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
                    .add(lbl_status)
                    .add(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .add(txt_rand, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                        .add(22, 22, 22)
                        .add(btn_roll)))
                .add(159, 159, 159))
        );
        layout.setVerticalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
            .add(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .add(54, 54, 54)
                .add(lbl_status)
                .addPreferredGap(org.jdesktop.layout.LayoutStyle.RELATED)
                .add(layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.BASELINE)
                    .add(txt_rand, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .add(btn_roll))
                .addContainerGap(67, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );
        pack();
    }// </editor-fold>
 
 
    private void windowClosed(java.awt.event.WindowEvent evt) {
// TODO add your handling code here:
        System.exit(0);
    }
 
    /*btn_roll.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
        {
            randMethod();
        }
    });
     */
    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                new UserInterface(new javax.swing.JFrame(), true).setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }
 
    // Variables declaration - do not modify
    private javax.swing.JButton btn_roll;
    private javax.swing.JLabel lbl_status;
    private javax.swing.JTextField txt_rand;
    // End of variables declaration
 
    btn_roll.addActionListener(
            new ActionListener()
            {
                public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent event )
                {
                    randMethod();
                }
            });
    private void randMethod()
    {
        int roll = rand.nextInt(2000);
    }
}
 

the button is indeed declared before the actionlistener method is created. So, what am I doing wrong here, and what about the code generated by the ide (which is what I suspect is causing the problem with my code that should normally work (or at least kick out a different compiler error) is causing problems? Any assistance especially within the next day or two would be greatly appreciated.

[r035198x]

The code for adding the actionListener should be put after the button is instantiated not after it has been declared. There fore you must put it in the initComponents method like this

 
/*
 * UserInterface.java
 *
 * Created on March 20, 2007, 8:31 PM
 */
/**
 *
 * @author  vontux
 */
 import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.Random;
public class UserInterface extends javax.swing.JDialog {
    /** Creates new form UserInterface */
    private Random rand = new Random();
    public UserInterface(java.awt.Frame parent, boolean modal) {
        super(parent, modal);
        initComponents();
    }
    /** This method is called from within the constructor to
     * initialize the form.bu
     * WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is
     * always regenerated by the Form Editor.
     */
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Code ">
    private void initComponents() {
        txt_rand = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        btn_roll = new javax.swing.JButton();
        lbl_status = new javax.swing.JLabel();
 
         btn_roll.addActionListener(
              new ActionListener()
              {
                  public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent event )
                  {
                      randMethod();
                  }
            });
        setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
        addWindowListener(new java.awt.event.WindowAdapter() {
            public void windowClosed(java.awt.event.WindowEvent evt) {
                UserInterface.this.windowClosed(evt);
            }
        });
        txt_rand.setText("1234");
        btn_roll.setText("Roll");
        lbl_status.setText("jLabel1");
        org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout layout = new org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
        getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
        layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
            .add(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.TRAILING, layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap(127, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .add(layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
                    .add(lbl_status)
                    .add(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .add(txt_rand, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                        .add(22, 22, 22)
                        .add(btn_roll)))
                .add(159, 159, 159))
        );
        layout.setVerticalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
            .add(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .add(54, 54, 54)
                .add(lbl_status)
                .addPreferredGap(org.jdesktop.layout.LayoutStyle.RELATED)
                .add(layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.BASELINE)
                    .add(txt_rand, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .add(btn_roll))
                .addContainerGap(67, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );
        pack();
    }// </editor-fold>
 
    private void windowClosed(java.awt.event.WindowEvent evt) {
// TODO add your handling code here:
        System.exit(0);
    }
    /*btn_roll.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
        {
            randMethod();
        }
    });
     */
    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                new UserInterface(new javax.swing.JFrame(), true).setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }
 // Variables declaration - do not modify
 private javax.swing.JButton btn_roll;
 private javax.swing.JLabel lbl_status;
 private javax.swing.JTextField txt_rand;
    // End of variables declaration
 
    private void randMethod()
    {
        int roll = rand.nextInt(2000);
    }
 
}
 

Notice also that I have added the import for awt.event which is required since you are using ActionListener.