How can i get a counter to tell me how many checkboxes have been selected?
package arabiclanguagelearning;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Frame;
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import com.borland.jbcl.layout.VerticalFlowLayout;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.CheckboxGroup;
import java.awt.event.ItemListener;
import java.awt.event.ItemEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
/**
*
Title: Arabic Language Learning
*
*
Description:
*
*
Copyright: Copyright (c) 2007
*
*
Company:
*
* @author iPortal
* @version 1.0
*/
publicclass ReadingTestextends JDialogimplements ItemListener{
//ImageIcon myImage = new ImageIcon("image.jpg");
JPanel panel1 =new JPanel();
JLabel jLabel1 =new JLabel();
JLabel jLabel3 =new JLabel();
JButton jButton1 =new JButton(new ImageIcon ("image.jpg"));
ButtonGroup question1 =new ButtonGroup();
CheckboxGroup question2 =new CheckboxGroup();
JTextArea question1Text =new JTextArea();
JRadioButton q1A =new JRadioButton();
JRadioButton q1B =new JRadioButton();
JRadioButton q1C =new JRadioButton();
JTextArea question2Text =new JTextArea();
JTextField question2TextArabic =new JTextField();
JCheckBox jCheckBox1 =new JCheckBox();
JCheckBox jCheckBox2 =new JCheckBox();
JCheckBox jCheckBox3 =new JCheckBox();
JCheckBox jCheckBox4 =new JCheckBox();
JLabel jLabel2 =new JLabel();
StringBuffer choices;
//will keep a count on how many checkboxes selected for question 2
int count;
JLabel jLabel4 =new JLabel();
JLabel jLabel5 =new JLabel();
JLabel jLabel6 =new JLabel();
JButton Submit =new JButton();
JLabel jLabel7 =new JLabel();
public ReadingTest(Frame owner, String title,boolean modal){
super(owner, title, modal);
try{
setDefaultCloseOperation(DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
jbInit();
pack();
}catch (Exception exception){
exception.printStackTrace();
}
}
public ReadingTest(){
this(new Frame(),"ReadingTest",false);
}
privatevoid jbInit()throws Exception{
panel1.setLayout(null);
this.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
jLabel1.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD, 24));
jLabel1.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
jLabel1.setIcon(null);
jLabel1.setText("Welcome to the reading tutorial");
jLabel1.setBounds(new Rectangle(49, 4, 509, 67));
jLabel3.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 14));
jLabel3.setToolTipText("");
jLabel3.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
jLabel3.setHorizontalTextPosition(SwingConstants.CENTER);
jLabel3.setText(
"Please answer the questions below after reading the text");
jLabel3.setVerticalTextPosition(SwingConstants.TOP);
jLabel3.setBounds(new Rectangle(48, 83, 515, 60));
jButton1.setBounds(new Rectangle(509, 63, 98, 44));
jButton1.setText("Hide me!");
jButton1.addActionListener(new ReadingTest_jButton1_actionAdapter(this));
question1Text.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
question1Text.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD, 14));
question1Text.setEditable(false);
question1Text.setText("What is the first letter of the arabic alphabet?");
question1Text.setBounds(new Rectangle(64, 158, 319, 19));
q1A.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD, 16));
q1A.setText("?);
q1A.setBounds(new Rectangle(60, 189, 93, 23));
q1B.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD, 16));
q1B.setText("?);
q1B.setBounds(new Rectangle(60, 214, 93, 23));
q1C.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD, 16));
q1C.setText("?);
q1C.setBounds(new Rectangle(60, 241, 93, 23));
question2Text.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
question2Text.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD, 14));
question2Text.setEditable(false);
question2Text.setText(
"Choose the two correct words which finish the sentence.");
question2Text.setBounds(new Rectangle(64, 281, 402, 19));
question2TextArabic.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD, 16));
question2TextArabic.setText("卿 轻巅?轻谘软? 窃逖 蓓 轻谇徙?);
question2TextArabic.setBounds(new Rectangle(63, 311, 404, 30));
this.setForeground(Color.white);
jCheckBox1.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD, 13));
jCheckBox1.setText("峭响");
jCheckBox1.setBounds(new Rectangle(63, 356, 81, 23));
jCheckBox1.addActionListener(new ReadingTest_jCheckBox1_actionAdapter(this));
jCheckBox1.addItemListener(this);
jCheckBox2.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD, 13));
jCheckBox2.setText("撬淝");
jCheckBox2.setBounds(new Rectangle(162, 356, 81, 23));
jCheckBox2.addItemListener(this);
jCheckBox3.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD, 13));
jCheckBox3.setText("轻刳倾");
jCheckBox3.setBounds(new Rectangle(260, 356, 81, 23));
jCheckBox3.addItemListener(this);
jCheckBox4.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD, 13));
jCheckBox4.setText("轻巅?);
jCheckBox4.setBounds(new Rectangle(359, 355, 81, 23));
jCheckBox4.addItemListener(this);
jLabel2.setText("jLabel2");
jLabel2.setBounds(new Rectangle(63, 402, 234, 32));
jLabel4.setText("jLabel4");
jLabel4.setBounds(new Rectangle(63, 433, 254, 28));
jLabel5.setText("jLabel5");
jLabel5.setBounds(new Rectangle(63, 465, 194, 37));
jLabel6.setText("jLabel6");
jLabel6.setBounds(new Rectangle(63, 500, 258, 32));
Submit.setBounds(new Rectangle(507, 575, 115, 52));
Submit.setText("Submit");
Submit.addActionListener(new ReadingTest_Submit_actionAdapter(this));
jLabel7.setText("jLabel7");
jLabel7.setBounds(new Rectangle(472, 480, 95, 34));
question1.add(q1A);
question1.add(q1B);
question1.add(q1C);
this.getContentPane().add(panel1,null);
this.getContentPane().add(Submit);
panel1.add(jLabel1);
panel1.add(jLabel3);
panel1.add(q1A);
panel1.add(q1B);
panel1.add(q1C);
panel1.add(question1Text);
panel1.add(question2Text);
panel1.add(question2TextArabic);
panel1.add(jCheckBox1);
panel1.add(jCheckBox2);
panel1.add(jCheckBox3);
panel1.add(jCheckBox4);
panel1.add(jButton1);
panel1.add(jLabel6);
panel1.add(jLabel5);
panel1.add(jLabel4);
panel1.add(jLabel2);
panel1.add(jLabel7);
panel1.setBounds(new Rectangle(10, 10, 623, 549));
}
publicvoid jButton1_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
this.setVisible(false);
}
publicvoid itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e){
int index = 0;
char c ='-';
Object source = e.getItemSelectable();
//count variable works fine in this part
if (source == jCheckBox1){
index = 0;
c ='c';
//assign new string variable the value of text for the checkbox
String textSelected = jCheckBox1.getText();
jLabel2.setText("You checked"+ textSelected);
count = count + 1;
jLabel7.setText(Integer.toString(count));
}elseif (source == jCheckBox2){
index = 1;
c ='g';
String textSelected = jCheckBox2.getText();
jLabel4.setText("You checked"+ textSelected);
count = count + 1;
jLabel7.setText(Integer.toString(count));
}elseif (source == jCheckBox3){
index = 2;
c ='h';
String textSelected = jCheckBox3.getText();
jLabel5.setText("You checked"+ textSelected);
count = count + 1;
jLabel7.setText(Integer.toString(count));
}elseif (source == jCheckBox4){
index = 3;
c ='t';
String textSelected = jCheckBox4.getText();
jLabel6.setText("You checked"+ textSelected);
count = count + 1;
jLabel7.setText(Integer.toString(count));
}
//Now that we know which button was pushed, find out
//whether it was selected or deselected.
//count variable does not work in this section.
if (e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.DESELECTED){
c ='-';
Object deselectedItem = e.getItemSelectable();
if (deselectedItem==jCheckBox1)
{
jLabel2.setText("You deselected checkbox 1");
count = count - 1;
jLabel7.setText(Integer.toString(count));
}
elseif (deselectedItem==jCheckBox2)
{
jLabel4.setText("You deselected checkbox 2");
count = count - 1;
jLabel7.setText(Integer.toString(count));
}
elseif (deselectedItem==jCheckBox3)
{
jLabel5.setText("You deselected checkbox 3");
count = count - 1;
jLabel7.setText(Integer.toString(count));
}
elseif (deselectedItem==jCheckBox4)
{
jLabel6.setText("You deselected checkbox 4");
count = count - 1;
jLabel7.setText(Integer.toString(count));
}
}
