How do i change the size of my drawing using a button?

[N Pretorius]

I'm drawing flowers and I need the 'head' to double in size when I press the 'fertilize' button and then to reset to their original size when
I press the 'reset size' button. I'm using Netbeans. Nothing I've tried so far has worked sooo....help?



Code for Panel:

package Versie4;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;

public class PanelFlowers extends javax.swing.JPanel {

private int amount, size;
private String color = "";

public PanelFlowers() {
initComponents();
repaint();
}

@Override
  public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
    super.paintComponent(g);

     int teller;

      g.setColor(Color.RED);  //flowerpot
      g.fillRect(300, 350, 500, 100);

        int x = 1;
        int size = 40;
        for (teller=1; teller <= amount ;teller++) { 

            //Flower 1
        g.setColor(Color.GREEN);  //stem
        g.fillRect(320 + x, 250, 10, 100);


         switch (color) {            //Colours of petals
           case "red":
           g.setColor(Color.red);
           break;
           case "blue":
           g.setColor(Color.blue);
           break;
           case "yellow":
           g.setColor(Color.yellow);
           break;
           case "orange":
           g.setColor(Color.orange);
           break;
           case "pink":
           g.setColor(Color.PINK);
           break;
           case "purple":
           g.setColor(new Color(102, 0, 204));
           break;
 }

        g.fillOval(304 + x, 190, size, size); //petals
        g.fillOval(330 + x, 210, size, size);
        g.fillOval(320 + x, 240, size, size);
        g.fillOval(290 + x, 240, size, size);
        g.fillOval(280 + x, 210, size, size);


        g.setColor(Color.YELLOW);  //pistil
        g.fillOval(312 + x, 225, 25, 25);

        x = teller * 80;

        }



    }


    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">                          
    private void initComponents() {

        lblamount = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        txtamount = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        lblcolor = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        txtcolor = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        btngrow = new javax.swing.JButton();
        btnreset = new javax.swing.JButton();
        btnfertilize = new javax.swing.JButton();

        lblamount.setText("Amount: ");

        txtamount.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                txtamountActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        lblcolor.setText("Color: ");

        txtcolor.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                txtcolorActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        btngrow.setText("Grow!");
        btngrow.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                btngrowActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        btnreset.setText("Reset Size");

        btnfertilize.setText("Fertilize");
        btnfertilize.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                btnfertilizeActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(this);
        this.setLayout(layout);
        layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addComponent(lblamount)
                .addGap(18, 18, 18)
                .addComponent(txtamount, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 57,
                 javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addGap(41, 41, 41)
                .addComponent(lblcolor)
                .addGap(18, 18, 18)
                .addComponent(txtcolor, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 59, 
                 javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addGap(18, 18, 18)
                .addComponent(btngrow)
                .addGap(18, 18, 18)
                .addComponent(btnfertilize)
                .addGap(18, 18, 18)
                .addComponent(btnreset)
                .addContainerGap(185, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );
        layout.setVerticalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(lblamount)
                    .addComponent(txtamount, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 
javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(lblcolor)
                    .addComponent(txtcolor, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE,
 javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(btngrow)
                    .addComponent(btnreset)
                    .addComponent(btnfertilize))
                .addContainerGap(412, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );
    }// </editor-fold>                        

    private void txtamountActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                          

    }                                         

    private void txtcolorActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                         
        // TODO add your handling code here:
    }                                        

    private void btngrowActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                        
    amount = Integer.parseInt(txtamount.getText());
    color = this.txtcolor.getText();
    repaint();

    }                                       

    private void btnfertilizeActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                             
       size = size * 2;
    }                                            

    // Variables declaration - do not modify                     
    private javax.swing.JButton btnfertilize;
    private javax.swing.JButton btngrow;
    private javax.swing.JButton btnreset;
    private javax.swing.JLabel lblamount;
    private javax.swing.JLabel lblcolor;
    private javax.swing.JTextField txtamount;
    private javax.swing.JTextField txtcolor;
    // End of variables declaration                   
}

code for Frame:

package Versie4;


public class FrameFlowers extends javax.swing.JFrame {

   
    public FrameFlowers() {
        initComponents();
        setSize(900, 600);
        setContentPane(new PanelFlowers());
    }

    
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">                          
    private void initComponents() {

        setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
        getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
        layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGap(0, 400, Short.MAX_VALUE)
        );
        layout.setVerticalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGap(0, 300, Short.MAX_VALUE)
        );

        pack();
    }// </editor-fold>                        

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        /* Set the Nimbus look and feel */
        //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Look and feel setting code
 (optional) ">
        /* If Nimbus (introduced in Java SE 6) is not available, stay with the default 
look and feel.
         * For details see http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/lookandfeel/plaf.html 
         */
        try {
            for (javax.swing.UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo info : 
javax.swing.UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels()) {
                if ("Nimbus".equals(info.getName())) {
                    javax.swing.UIManager.setLookAndFeel(info.getClassName());
                    break;
                }
            }
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
            java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(FrameFlowers.class.getName()).
log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (InstantiationException ex) {
            java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(FrameFlowers.class.getName()).
log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
            java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(FrameFlowers.class.getName())
.log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
            java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(FrameFlowers.class.getName()).
log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }
        //</editor-fold>

        /* Create and display the form */
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                new FrameFlowers().setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }
    // Variables declaration - do not modify                     
    // End of variables declaration                   
}

[Winston Gutkowski]

N Pretorius wrote:I'm drawing flowers and I need the 'head' to double in size when I press the 'fertilize' button and then to reset to their original size when I press the 'reset size' button.

Well, if the image uses vector graphics, it can probably be done with a simple method call; otherwise, it will probably require a
scaling filter of some sort, and there are literally dozens of those.

The problem that you're likely to have is that with "lossy" image types like jpeg (and possibly even straight bitmaps) is that the
resizing process will introduce "noise", so even if you return it to its original size, it won't be exactly the same. Also: many filters
work better for reducing (eg, Lanczos) or for increasing (eg, Mitchell).
You can, of course, alleviate this by keeping a copy of the original.

However, image resizing is quite complex, so don't expect this to be a simple "click and resize" exercise.

PS: Please DontWriteLongLines. It makes your thread very difficult to read.
I'd break yours up myself, but you have tons of them, so I suggest you do it yourself.

Winston

[Edit] Oops, my apologies. I was assuming that your "flowers" were something like a GIF. Listen to Piet, he speaketh sense.
I leave my reply for anyone who might be dealing with proper images (eg, jpegs).

[Piet Souris]

hi N,

you have the member 'size' to determine the size of the flowers.
In line 170, you double the value of it, so just do a repaint() at line 170 and a half.

To reset the size, you need to put an ActionListener to your 'Reset Size' button, in
the same way that you add ActionListeners to your other buttons.
In that ActionListener, just put 'size = 40' and a repaint() command.

Greetings,
Piet

[N Pretorius]

I drew the flowers using fillOval, fillRect ect.
Isn't there a way I can just multiply the petals with 2? Like - "size = size * 2;" or something along those lines?

[N Pretorius]

Hi Piet,

I already tried the repaint(); (tried it again just now to be sure) and it still doesn't do anything.

N

[Winston Gutkowski]

N Pretorius wrote:I drew the flowers using fillOval, fillRect ect.
Isn't there a way I can just multiply the petals with 2? Like - "size = size * 2;" or something along those lines?

I think Piet's already covered that. But don't forget that you may also have to change the position of each
component relative to its neighbours; otherwise you may get some odd-looking results.

Winston

PS: Please read the bit in my post about shortening lines, otherwise you may not get too many responses.

[Piet Souris]

Hmm... I will try to run the code, see if I can find what's going wrong. So, bear with me.

Greetings,
Piet

[Piet Souris]

Found it, and as always, it was a slight mistake, but one that keeps you looking for
hours!

The culprit is in line 25: it says:

int size = 40; 

So, it is overriding whatever value our 'member' size has. Remove this line.

I would advise you to set an initial value to your 'Amount', because you now
start with an empty pot, and clicking on 'grow' gives a fatal error.

And finally: the fertilize and reset button will work now, but there is some other
thingy to repair. Try it and see! (it has to do with something that Winston already talked about!)

Greetings,
Piet

[N Pretorius]

Ok I removed the line mentioned, thanks

"I would advise you to set an initial value to your 'Amount'"

How do I do this? (amount = 1;?)

[Piet Souris]

For instance, yes.
You would then also set the text of the JTextField 'txtamount' to this value, such as:

amount = 1;                         // line 86 would be a good place
txtamount.setText("" + amount);     // line 86 and a half

It is a bit fiddly to set 'amount' to the value that the user may input
into the textfield, though. Do you know how to code that?

Anyway, first thing to do is to get the flowers into their correct position,
after the resizing. Maybe

size = size * 2;

is a bit steep; a factor of 1.1 might do a little better.

Greetings,
Piet

[Bernhard Goetz]

Crosspost?

[N Pretorius]

Piet Souris wrote:
It is a bit fiddly to set 'amount' to the value that the user may input
into the textfield, though. Do you know how to code that?

No? Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean.

a factor of 1.1 might do a little better.

I get an error when I change it to 1.1. I have to change it to a double, yeah? But where do I 'declare' that?

Sorry, everything still looks like "thingy's" and "majigers" to me so I apologize for any incorrect lingo.

[Piet Souris]

Indeed, my mistake.
Well, every time you click the fertilize button, you do 'size = size * 2' (line 174).
That means that after 3 clicks, your flowers will be 8 times as big and run rapidly out of
the screen. Therefore I suggested to use a foctor of 1.1 instead of 2.
But I forgot the fact that you then get an error, because you put a double to an int
without using an explicit cast.
So the line shoud be:

size = (int) (size * 1.1);

You would then see your flowers fertilize at some lower speed.
But the point was to get the placing correct, after resizing the flowers.

And with respect to the textfield:
the only time you read that typed-in value is when you click the 'grow'
button (see the ActionListener of that button). The way you do it is in principle correct.
So it would be wise to change the text of the grow buttin to something more meaningful,
like 'set number of flowers' or simply 'set'.

Sorry, everything still looks like "thingy's" and "majigers" to me so I apologize for any incorrect lingo.

Don't know wat 'majigers' are (certinly hope they're not ugly words, this site IS a decent site )
but you got your code working, so I would say"Well done, Mission Completed!".

Greetz,
Piet