JComboBox help

javatech007

I am trying to use comboboxes in a ticket payment screen for train tickets. I have two combo boxes. One for picking a route and the other for picking a time. What i want is when you pick a route in the first combo box, different departure times are availble in the time combobox depending on your route choice. I am trying to use if statements but its not working.

[JAVA = CODE]

routesCmb = new JComboBox();
routesCmb.addItem("Please pick a route");
routesCmb.addItem(route);
routesCmb.addItem(route2);
timesCmb = new JComboBox();
timesCmb.addItem("Please pick a time");
if routesCmb.SelectedItem(route);
{
timesCmb.addItem("3.00")
times.addITem("5.00")
}

[/code]

Mar 9 '08 #1

sukatoa

I am trying to use comboboxes in a ticket payment screen for train tickets. I have two combo boxes. One for picking a route and the other for picking a time. What i want is when you pick a route in the first combo box, different departure times are availble in the time combobox depending on your route choice. I am trying to use if statements but its not working.

[JAVA = CODE]

routesCmb = new JComboBox();
routesCmb.addItem("Please pick a route");
routesCmb.addItem(route);
routesCmb.addItem(route2);
timesCmb = new JComboBox();
timesCmb.addItem("Please pick a time");
if routesCmb.SelectedItem(route);
{
timesCmb.addItem("3.00")
times.addITem("5.00")
}

[/code]

In the if statement, no selectedItem method exists, maybe

getSelectedItem() - return's an object... Could be compared to String. Useful
getSelectedIndex() - return's an element, depends on current
selected item... nth...


Update us,
Sukatoa

Mar 9 '08 #2

BigDaddyLH

While there are multiple things wrong with the code you posted, the biggest mistake, I believe, is a failure to appreciate the event-driven paradigm.

You need to write a listener that is notified when the user makes a selection from the first combo box. Your code seems to believe it can pause execute until the user does something, which is not how GUI code works.

Why not read Sun's tutorial on Swing, especially on event handling?

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutor...nts/index.html

Mar 10 '08 #3