combobox's + buttons + actionlisteners

[carlos123]

Ok ive been looking around and i have having the same problem as this fellow<Removed> im trying to use the same action listener for the buttons and the combo boxes it doesnt seem to be working. check out some code, and thanks for your help

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
      {
            JComboBox yearcombo = (JComboBox)event.getSource(); //i get an error here
           JComboBox gendercombo = (JComboBox)event.getSource();
 
           JComboBox statecombo = (JComboBox)event.getSource();
        if (event.getSource() == clear)
        {
            for( int i=0; i<firsta.size(); i++)
        {
 
    System.out.println("First Name: "+firsta.get(i));
    System.out.println("Last Name: "+lasta.get(i));
    System.out.println("Age: "+agea.get(i));
    System.out.println("Street Address: "+streeta.get(i));
    System.out.println("City Name: "+citya.get(i));
   // System.out.println("State Name: "+statea.get(i));
   // System.out.println("Year: "+yeara.get(i));
    //System.out.println("Gender: "+gendera.get(i));
 
}
           clearall = true;
           if (clearall = true)
           {
            street.setText(null);
            first.setText(null);
            last.setText(null);
            age.setText(null);
            city.setText(null);
        //    gender.setText(null);
            clearall=false;
        }
 
        }    
 
        if (event.getSource() == Bok)
           {
 
               //String g = gendercombo.getSelectedItem();
              //gendera.add(i,genderselect);
              // String y= yearcombo.getSelectedItem();
              // yeara.add(i,yearselect);
              // String s= statecombo.getSelectedItem();
              // statea.add(i,stateselect);
 
              try{
    // Create file 
    FileWriter fstream = new FileWriter("database.txt");
        BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(fstream);
 
        for( int i=0; i<firsta.size(); i++)
        {
 
    out.write("First Name:  "+firsta.get(i));
    out.newLine();
    out.write("Last Name:   "+lasta.get(i));
    out.newLine();
    out.write("Age:  "+agea.get(i));
    out.newLine();
    out.write("Street Address:  "+streeta.get(i));
    out.newLine();
    out.write("City Name:  "+citya.get(i));
    out.newLine();
    out.newLine();
    out.write("State Name: "+statea.get(i));
    out.write("Year: "+yeara.get(i));
    out.write("Gender: "+gendera.get(i));
 
}
    //Close the output stream
    out.close();
    }catch (Exception e){//Catch exception if any
      System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
    }
 
            //System.out.println(i);
            //System.out.println(firsta.get(i));
 
 
 
 
 
            clearall = false;
 
        } 
 
        if (event.getSource() == Bcc)
           {
 
               f1.dispose();
           }
        if (event.getSource() == submit)
        {
 
 
 
            // Get the new item
           String yearselect = (String)yearcombo.getSelectedItem();
 
 
 
 
 
            // Get the new item
         String genderselect = (String)gendercombo.getSelectedItem();
 
 
 
 
            // Get the new item
       String stateselect = (String)statecombo.getSelectedItem();
 
 
          firststring = first.getText();
            firsta.add(i,firststring);
            laststring = last.getText();
            lasta.add(i,laststring);
             try{
            agestring = age.getText();
            ageint = Integer.parseInt(agestring); 
             }catch (Exception e){//Catch exception if any
      System.out.println("Error: Numbers only....");
    }
            agea.add(i,ageint);
            streetstring = street.getText();
            streeta.add(i,streetstring);
            citystring = city.getText();
            citya.add(i,citystring);
            yeara.add(i,yearselect);
            gendera.add(i,genderselect);
            statea.add(i,stateselect);
 
            i++;
 
 
            street.setText(null);
            first.setText(null);
            last.setText(null);
            age.setText(null);
            city.setText(null);
 
 
 
 
 
        }

[r035198x]

Starting multiple threads on the same topic not only confuses eveyone, it is also against the site's posting guidelines. Better stick to one thread for the same problem. This post of yours doesn't make much sense.
You just dumped some code here and asked us to help you with it.
Help you do what?