Java GUI Calculation Help

[Hank Harrison]

Ok so I have this gui built but i'm in the last steps and i can't figure out how to do this last calculation. I want the user to input and odometer (in feet) and have it use that and the Duration (in hours) to calculate speed in feet per second. Ive been trying to reference it using various methods but I'm stuck. I have it set as a string but whenever i try to pretty much use somewhat the same formula i did for total time it just gives me errors. How do I use that number the user inputs into a formula with the output of the Duration? Which method should i use? thanks :-)

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package javaapplication1;


import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

/**
 *
 * 
 */
public class NewJFrame extends javax.swing.JFrame {

    /**
     * Creates new form NewJFrame
     */
    public NewJFrame() {
        initComponents();
    }

    /**
     * This method is called from within the constructor to initialize the form.
     * WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is always
     * regenerated by the Form Editor.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">                          
    private void initComponents() {

        jTextField7 = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        jLabel1 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        launchtime = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        jLabel2 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        receivetime = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        jLabel8 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        totaltime = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        jLabel6 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        calculatebutton = new javax.swing.JButton();
        odometer = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        jLabel3 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        launchdate = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        jLabel4 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        receivedate = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        jLabel7 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        toolspeed = new javax.swing.JTextField();
        jMenuBar1 = new javax.swing.JMenuBar();
        jMenu1 = new javax.swing.JMenu();
        jMenuItem1 = new javax.swing.JMenuItem();
        jMenu2 = new javax.swing.JMenu();

        jTextField7.setText("jTextField7");

        setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        jLabel1.setText("Enter Tool Launch Time");

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

        jLabel2.setText("Enter Tool Receive Time");

        jLabel8.setText("Duration");

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

        jLabel6.setText("                ODO");

        calculatebutton.setText("Calculate");
        calculatebutton.addMouseListener(new java.awt.event.MouseAdapter() {
            public void mousePressed(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
                calculatebuttonMousePressed(evt);
            }
        });
        calculatebutton.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                calculatebuttonActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

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

        jLabel3.setText("Enter Tool Launch Date");

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

        jLabel4.setText("Enter Tool Receive Date");

        jLabel7.setText("Tool Speed");

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

        jMenu1.setText("File");

        jMenuItem1.setText("jMenuItem1");
        jMenu1.add(jMenuItem1);

        jMenuBar1.add(jMenu1);

        jMenu2.setText("Edit");
        jMenuBar1.add(jMenu2);

        setJMenuBar(jMenuBar1);

 // ...
        );

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

    private void launchtimeActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                           
   
        
    launchtime.setText("");
    receivetime.setText("");
    launchdate.setText("");
    receivedate.setText("");
    odometer.setText("");
    }                                          

    private void calculatebuttonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                                
     
             String stime, etime, sdate, edate, distance; 
      
     
      Date sdt = null, edt = null;
      Scanner sc= new Scanner(System.in);
      sdate = this.launchdate.getText();
      stime = this.launchtime.getText();
      edate = this.receivedate.getText();
      etime = this.receivetime.getText();
      distance = this.odometer.getText();
        try {
            sdt = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss").parse(sdate + " " + stime);
        } catch (ParseException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(NewJFrame.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }
        try {
            edt = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss").parse(edate + " " + etime);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this,
        "Wrong Formatting \nCheck Again","Error!", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
       
       
        }
        long duration = edt.getTime()-sdt.getTime();
         
        
        this.totaltime.setText(+(int)((duration / (1000*60*60)) % 24) +
             "." + (((int) ((duration / (1000*60)) % 60))/6));
        
       
      
      
    }                                               

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

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

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

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

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

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */ 
    public static void main(String args[]) {
// ...

        /* Create and display the form */
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                new NewJFrame().setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }

    // Variables declaration - do not modify                     
    private javax.swing.JButton calculatebutton;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel1;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel2;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel3;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel4;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel6;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel7;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel8;
    private javax.swing.JMenu jMenu1;
    private javax.swing.JMenu jMenu2;
    private javax.swing.JMenuBar jMenuBar1;
    private javax.swing.JMenuItem jMenuItem1;
    private javax.swing.JTextField jTextField7;
    private javax.swing.JTextField launchdate;
    private javax.swing.JTextField launchtime;
    private javax.swing.JTextField odometer;
    private javax.swing.JTextField receivedate;
    private javax.swing.JTextField receivetime;
    private javax.swing.JTextField toolspeed;
    private javax.swing.JTextField totaltime;
    // End of variables declaration                   
}

[Campbell Ritchie]

Forget all about the GUI and do the calculations in a little class of their own.
You probably want a method like this

public static double feetPerSecond(int feet, int hours)
{
   return Math.log(123.45) / Math.sin(0.01 * feet) - Math.pow(7.89, 0.02 * hours);
}

I am not 100% sure my formula is accurate

Are you aware of this enum which has methods for converting hours to seconds, etc?

[Winston Gutkowski]

Hank Harrison wrote:Ok so I have this gui built but i'm in the last steps and i can't figure out how to do this last calculation. I want the user to input and odometer (in feet) and have it use that and the Duration (in hours) to calculate speed in feet per second. Ive been trying to reference it using various methods but I'm stuck.

OK, well first off, I'm no GUI expert, so plugging it into your GUI is up to you, but what I DO know is that this calculation almost certainly has nothing whatsoever to do with your GUI, so my advice would be to set up a separate class to do it. And that class should NOT have a single line in it that defines or references a 'J' class (JFrame, JPanel etc.).

I have it set as a string but whenever i try to pretty much use somewhat the same formula i did for total time it just gives me errors.

Well, that might be your problem right there. Strings are NOT numbers. Have a look at the StringsAreBad page for more details.

How do I use that number the user inputs into a formula with the output of the Duration? Which method should i use? thanks :-)

Well, that'll depend on what kind of number you need; but just one might be Double.valueOf(String).

But whatever you do, you must convert that String to a number - and that conversion must allow for the fact that your user is a complete idiot and might enter "jsdhfg.0" instead of a proper number.

But the main point is: A distance calculation is a distance calculation, and it can be used anywhere. So don't define it directly in your GUI.

Winston

[Edit] Too slow.

[Winston Gutkowski]

Hank Harrison wrote:Ok so I have this gui built...

And it has incredibly LONG LINES, which makes the whole thread very hard to read.
I'd break them up myself, but you have gazillions of them, so I suggest you edit the post yourself after reading the link.

Winston

[Campbell Ritchie]

Winston Gutkowski wrote: . . . LONG LINES . . . gazillions of them, so I suggest you edit the post yourself after reading the link.

Winston

No, there were only a few million.

Non‑mods can no longer edit such posts, so I edited it. I simply deleted a few hundred lines which were not relevant to the speed calculation and added a few newlines.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Winston Gutkowski wrote: . . .
[Edit] Too slow.

Actually what you said was rather different from what I said, so what does it matter who got there first?