Register a Static JButton

I have a JButton that is declared static in my class decalarations. When I try to register the button in a static method using:

saveDataButton.addActionListener(this);

I get the error message:

non-static variable this cannot be referenced from a static context saveDataButton.addActionListener(this);

^

To get around this error, I tried to use:

Action x=saveDataButton.getAction();

saveDataButton.addActionListener(x);

I didn't get the compile error, but the button doesn't fire with this code.

Can you provide assistance with registering this as 'static' or a way to get around the above problem?

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Scott

[735 byte] By [scott7379] at [2007-9-26 3:00:13]