[JavaT]

I have been following a tutorial here for creating a simple text editor. I am try to add some new features of my own such as copy & paste. Everything I have tried so far, does not work.

 import javax.swing.*; //for the main JFrame design
import javax.swing.text.DefaultEditorKit;
import javax.swing.text.DefaultEditorKit.CopyAction;

import java.awt.*; // for the GUI stuff
import java.awt.event.*; // for the even handling
import java.util.Scanner; // for reading from a file
import java.io.*; // for writing to a file

public class Notepad extends JFrame implements ActionListener {

	private TextArea textArea = new TextArea("", 0, 0,
			TextArea.SCROLLBARS_VERTICAL_ONLY);

	private MenuBar menuBar = new MenuBar(); // first create a MenuBar item
	private Menu file = new Menu(); // our File menu
	// what's going on in File? Let's see...
	private MenuItem openFile = new MenuItem();
	private MenuItem saveFile = new MenuItem();
	private MenuItem close = new MenuItem();

	private Menu actions = new Menu();
	private MenuItem copy = new MenuItem();
	private MenuItem paste = new MenuItem();

	/*
	 * public void Notepad1(CopyAction copy){ copy = new
	 * DefaultEditorKit.CopyAction(); }
	 */

	// The constructor for Notepad
	public Notepad() {

		this.setSize(500, 300); // set the initial size of the window
		this.setTitle("Java Notepad"); // set the title of the window
		setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE); // set the default close
		// operation(exit when it gets closed)
		this.textArea.setFont(new Font("Century Gothic", Font.BOLD, 12)); // set
																			// a
		// default font for the TextArea
		this.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout()); // the
		// BorderLayout bit makes it fill automatically

		this.getContentPane().add(textArea);

		// add out menu into the GUI
		this.setMenuBar(this.menuBar);
		this.menuBar.add(this.file);
		this.menuBar.add(this.actions);

		this.file.setLabel("File");
		this.actions.setLabel("Actions");

		// add the open option
		this.openFile.setLabel("Open"); // sets the label of the open option
		this.openFile.addActionListener(this); // add action listener(so we know
												// when its clicked)
		this.openFile.setShortcut(new MenuShortcut(KeyEvent.VK_O, false)); // set
																			// a
																			// keyboard
																			// shortcut
		this.file.add(this.openFile);

		// and the save
		this.saveFile.setLabel("Save");
		this.saveFile.addActionListener(this);
		this.saveFile.setShortcut(new MenuShortcut(KeyEvent.VK_S, false));
		this.file.add(this.saveFile);

		// and finally the close
		this.close.setLabel("Close");
		this.close.addActionListener(this);
		this.close.setShortcut(new MenuShortcut(KeyEvent.VK_F4));
		this.file.add(this.close);

		this.copy.setLabel("Copy");
		this.copy.addActionListener(this);
		this.copy.setShortcut(new MenuShortcut(KeyEvent.VK_C));
		this.actions.add(this.copy);

		this.paste.setLabel("Paste");
		this.paste.addActionListener(this);
		this.paste.setShortcut(new MenuShortcut(KeyEvent.VK_X));
		this.actions.add(this.paste);

	}

	@Override
	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {

		// if the source of our code was the close option

		if (e.getSource() == this.close)
			this.dispose(); // dispose all the resources and close the
							// application

		/*
		 * else if (e.getSource() == this.copy) menuItem = new menuItem(new
		 * DefaultEditorKit.CopyAction());
		 */
		// if the source of our code was the open option

		else if (e.getSource() == this.openFile) {
			JFileChooser open = new JFileChooser(); // open a file chooser

			int option = open.showOpenDialog(this);

			if (option == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) { // get the option that
															// the user selected
				this.textArea.setText(""); // clear the text area before
											// applying the file contents
				try
				// get a file scanner to read the path to the file
				// (getSelectedFile().getPath() will get the path to the file)
				{
					Scanner scan = new Scanner(new FileReader(open
							.getSelectedFile().getPath()));
					while (scan.hasNext())
						; // while there is something to read
					this.textArea.append(scan.nextLine() + "/n"); // append the
																	// line to
																	// the text
																	// area
				} catch (Exception ex) {
					System.out.println(ex.getMessage());

				}

			}

		} else if (e.getSource() == this.saveFile) {

			JFileChooser save = new JFileChooser();
			int option = save.showSaveDialog(this);

			if (option == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
				try {
					BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(save
							.getSelectedFile().getPath()));

					out.close(); // close the file stream
				} catch (Exception ex) {
					System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
				}
			}

		}

	}

	public static void main(String args[]) {
		Notepad app = new Notepad();
		app.setVisible(true);

	}
}

[modi123_1]

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Everything I have tried so far, does not work.

Would you elaborate on what this means?

[g00se]

http://technojeeves..../116-doesntwork

[JavaT]

Never mind. Every time I ask a question here, some guy has to post some bs. I figured it out myself.