don't reset check box

[aleplgr]

Hi! this might be so easy but I can't make it work: I just have a check box, the user selects it, then the user exits that form, when the user comes back to the form I need the check box to be as the user left it.
I defined the check box not initialized but if I select it, then leave that form and come back the check box appears unselected.

[BigDaddyLH]

Hi! this might be so easy but I can't make it work: I just have a check box, the user selects it, then the user exits that form, when the user comes back to the form I need the check box to be as the user left it.
I defined the check box not initialized but if I select it, then leave that form and come back the check box appears unselected.

More information please. What GUI is this? Swing? AWT? SWT?

[aleplgr]

Sorry, it's Swing...

[BigDaddyLH]

Sorry, it's Swing...

I'm surprised then that the control doesn't maintain its state. Can you post a simple yet runnable example of this behaviour?

edit: demo

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
 
public class CheckBoxExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable(){
            public void run() {
                createAndShowGUI();
            }
        });
    }
 
    static void createAndShowGUI() {
        final JFrame f = new JFrame();
        final JDialog d = new JDialog(f, "checkbox", false);
        d.getContentPane().add(new JCheckBox("See if state is maintained"));
        d.pack();
        JButton btn = new JButton("show dialog");
        btn.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                d.toFront();
                d.setVisible(true);
            }
        });
        f.getContentPane().add(btn);
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        f.pack();
        f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        d.setLocationRelativeTo(f);
        f.setVisible(true);
    }
}

If you close the dialog, then make it visible again you see that the checkbox state is maintained, so I don't see your problem.