Switching between the frames

[jaspreet manchinda]

i just wanted to knw how to switch between the frames with a button click there are three forms with next and previous buttons so when i click on next button it should go on next form and by clicking on previous button it should go on previous form so please help me how to do it....

[Paul Clapham]

That's called a "wizard" (I don't know why). So your google keywords would be swing wizard.

[jaspreet manchinda]

i have uploaded my two frames code n third is similar one so can i connect them directly or wizard is the only option i got to make it work

import java.awt.Dimension;

import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Rectangle;

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class Frame1CodeDemo extends JFrame {

    private JButton jButton1 = new JButton();
    private JLabel jLabel1 = new JLabel();
    private JLabel jLabel2 = new JLabel();
    private JLabel jLabel3 = new JLabel();
    private JLabel jLabel4 = new JLabel();
    private JButton jButton2 = new JButton();
    private JLabel jLabel5 = new JLabel();

    public Frame1CodeDemo() {
	try {
            Init();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        
    }

   private void Init() throws Exception {
  
	setVisible(true);
	setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        this.getContentPane().setLayout( null );
        this.setSize(new Dimension(812, 331));
        this.setFont(new Font("Arial Black", 0, 14));
        jButton1.setText("Next");
        jButton1.setBounds(new Rectangle(590, 165, 115, 40));
        jLabel1.setText("Welcome to Tutorials");
        jLabel1.setBounds(new Rectangle(0, 240, 145, 65));
        jLabel1.setFont(new Font("Arial Black", 0, 14));
        jLabel2.setText("Indroduction to software");
        jLabel2.setBounds(new Rectangle(205, 240, 170, 65));
        jLabel2.setFont(new Font("Arial Black", 0, 14));
        jLabel3.setText("How to use");
        jLabel3.setBounds(new Rectangle(430, 240, 160, 65));
        jLabel3.setFont(new Font("Arial Black", 0, 14));
        jLabel4.setText("Traning");
        jLabel4.setBounds(new Rectangle(650, 240, 160, 65));
        jLabel4.setFont(new Font("Arial Black", 0, 14));
        jButton2.setText("Skip Intorduction");
        jButton2.setBounds(new Rectangle(455, 165, 115, 40));
        jLabel5.setText("jLabel5");
        jLabel5.setBounds(new Rectangle(113, 40, 585, 105));
        this.getContentPane().add(jLabel5, null);
        this.getContentPane().add(jButton2, null);
        this.getContentPane().add(jButton1, null);
	this.getContentPane().add(jLabel1, null);
	this.getContentPane().add(jLabel2, null);
	this.getContentPane().add(jLabel3, null);
	this.getContentPane().add(jLabel4, null);
    }

    public static void main (String args[]) 
    {
	Frame1CodeDemo fcd = new Frame1CodeDemo();
    }
}

import java.awt.Dimension;

import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Rectangle;

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class Frame2CodeDemo extends JFrame {

    private JButton jButton3 = new JButton();
    private JLabel jLabel6 = new JLabel();
    private JLabel jLabel7 = new JLabel();
    private JLabel jLabel8 = new JLabel();
    private JLabel jLabel9 = new JLabel();
    private JButton jButton4 = new JButton();
    private JLabel jLabel10 = new JLabel();

    public Frame2CodeDemo() {
        try {
            jbInit();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    private void jbInit() throws Exception {
	setVisible(true);
	setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        this.getContentPane().setLayout( null );
        this.setSize(new Dimension(812, 331));
        this.setFont(new Font("Arial Black", 0, 14));
        jButton3.setText("Next");
        jButton3.setBounds(new Rectangle(590, 165, 115, 40));
        jLabel6.setText("Welcome to Tutorials");
        jLabel6.setBounds(new Rectangle(0, 240, 145, 65));
        jLabel6.setFont(new Font("Arial Black", 0, 14));
        jLabel7.setText("Indroduction to software");
        jLabel7.setBounds(new Rectangle(205, 240, 170, 65));
        jLabel7.setFont(new Font("Arial Black", 0, 14));
        jLabel8.setText("How to use");
        jLabel8.setBounds(new Rectangle(430, 240, 160, 65));
        jLabel8.setFont(new Font("Arial Black", 0, 14));
        jLabel9.setText("Traning");
        jLabel9.setBounds(new Rectangle(650, 240, 160, 65));
        jLabel9.setFont(new Font("Arial Black", 0, 14));
        jButton4.setText("Previous");
        jButton4.setBounds(new Rectangle(455, 165, 115, 40));
        jLabel10.setText("jLabel5");
        jLabel10.setBounds(new Rectangle(113, 40, 585, 105));
        this.getContentPane().add(jLabel10, null);
        this.getContentPane().add(jButton4, null);
        this.getContentPane().add(jLabel9, null);
        this.getContentPane().add(jLabel8, null);
        this.getContentPane().add(jLabel7, null);
        this.getContentPane().add(jLabel6, null);
        this.getContentPane().add(jButton3, null);
    }

     public static void main (String args[]) 
    {
	Frame2CodeDemo fr2 = new Frame2CodeDemo();
    }
}

[Ranganathan Kaliyur Mannar]

You need to have 2 panels and not 2 frames (and not certainly with 2 main() methods which are 2 different programs).
Just have one frame, set the layout to CardLayout and add the panels one by one in the order you want them to appear. Then you can use the 'next()' and 'previous()' methods of the CardLayout to get the wizard behaviour.

[Maneesh Godbole]

@Jaspreet,
You need to post your code between the code tags
OR
select the code and click the code tag button

[jaspreet manchinda]

thank you for reply bot it would be a great help if you can give me some small example with the code i mentioned earlier

[Rob Spoor]

Use a CardLayout to switch between the contents of the different "frames".

[jaspreet manchinda]

Finally came out with something but its still giving an error
java.awt.event.actionlistener is abstract cannot be instantiated
code is as follows
i'am getting error in line number 59

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
    import java.awt.CardLayout;
    import java.awt.FlowLayout;
    import java.awt.*;

    import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
    import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
    
    import javax.swing.JButton;
    import javax.swing.JFrame;
    import javax.swing.JLabel;
    import javax.swing.JPanel;
    
    public class TutorialSpeech extends JFrame
    	{
    
    		private final int MAX_CARDS = 4;
        	private JPanel cards;
        	private CardLayout cl;
		JPanel buttonPanel ;
 		
	 
    	public TutorialSpeech()
        	{
            		setTitle("Welcome To Tutorial!!");
            		setSize(640, 240);
			cards = new JPanel();
			cl = new CardLayout();
                	cards.setLayout(cl);
			JPanel p1 = new JPanel();
                	JPanel p2 = new JPanel();
                	JPanel p3 = new JPanel();
                	JPanel p4 = new JPanel();
 			JLabel l1 = new JLabel("Welcome To Tutorial");
                	JLabel l2 = new JLabel("Introduction To Software");
                	JLabel l3 = new JLabel("How To Use");
                	JLabel l4 = new JLabel("Traning");
			p1.add(l1);
			p2.add(l2);
			p3.add(l3);
			p4.add(l4);
			cards.add(p1, "1");
                	cards.add(p2, "2");
                	cards.add(p3, "3");
                	cards.add(p4, "4");
			buttonPanel = new JPanel();
			final JButton first = new JButton("First");
            		final JButton previous = new JButton("Previous");
			final JButton next = new JButton("Next");
            		final JButton last = new JButton("Last");
			buttonPanel.add(first);
			buttonPanel.add(previous);
			buttonPanel.add(next);
			buttonPanel.add(last);
		
		for (int i = 0; i < MAX_CARDS; i++)
            		{
                		JButton button = new JButton("Panel " + i);
				button.addActionListener(new ActionListener(i));
                		buttonPanel.add(button);
            		}
			ActionListener al = new ActionListener()
            			{
                			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
                				{
                    					if (ae.getSource() == first)
                    					{
                        					cl.first(cards);
                    					}
                    					if (ae.getSource() == previous)
                    					{
                        					cl.previous(cards);
                    					}
                    					if (ae.getSource() == next)
                    					{
                        					cl.next(cards);
                    					}
                    					if (ae.getSource() == last)
                    					{
                        					cl.last(cards);
                    					}
                				}
				};
            
            
            			first.addActionListener(al);
            			previous.addActionListener(al);
            			next.addActionListener(al);
            			last.addActionListener(al);
            			getContentPane().add(cards, BorderLayout.NORTH);
            			getContentPane().add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
		

	
        	}
	
	public static void main(String[] args) 
		{
                	TutorialSpeech ts = new TutorialSpeech();
                	ts.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
                	ts.setVisible(true);
		}
	}

[Rob Spoor]

That's because you're trying to create a new ActionListener(i). However, ActionListener is an interface and cannot be instantiated like that. You do know how to create an anonymous ActionListener as that's what you do just below that. Did you perhaps create an ActionListener implementation that you meant to instantiate instead?

[jaspreet manchinda]

yes @rob i got that so i made some changes in code and now its running properly thank you every one for your time reply and help

[Rob Spoor]

You're welcome.