[blewittdot3]

I'm trying to create a form that will display TextArea's and a button. I'm trying to call the object method from the main but its not compiling and telling me "cannot find symbol" and then pointing to the Output label in the main method. What can I do to get this to compile and display the TextArea and button.

Also, all I want help with is getting the program to compile and populate the form. Everything else I can work on at a later time so please don't rip the code for being horrible I'm still a beginner.

Thanks

import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.Random;

public class SkydiveSimple extends Frame implements ActionListener
{
	int counter, random;
	int count = 0;
	int points = 0;
	int[] formation = new int[5];

	Panel formationPanel = new Panel();
		TextArea formationDisplay[] = new TextArea[5]; //There can be no more than five formations generated

	Panel buttonPanel = new Panel();
		Button generateButton = new Button("Generate Set");


	public void Output()
	{
		//set layouts for frame and panels
		this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
			formationPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,5,10,10));
			buttonPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());


		//add components to set panel
		for(int counter=1; counter<4; counter = counter + 1);
		{
			formationDisplay[counter] = new TextArea(null,3,5,3);
			formationDisplay[counter].setText("" + formation);
			formationDisplay[counter].setEditable(false);
			formationPanel.add(formationDisplay[counter]);
		}

		//add components to button panel
		buttonPanel.add(generateButton);


		//add panels to frame
		add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
		add(formationPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);

		generateButton.addActionListener(this);
	}

	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
	{
		while(points > 5)
			{
				Random generator = new Random();
				random = generator.nextInt(31) + 1;
				formation[count] = random;
				if (random < 27) points = (points + 2);
				else points = (points + 1);
			}

	}

	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		SkydiveSimple f = new Output();
		f.setBounds(200, 200, 600, 300);
		f.setTitle("Skydive Simple");
		f.setVisible(true);
	}
}

[GregBrannon]

The statement "new Output()" is how a new object is created using the object's constructor. Calling a method looks like:

variable = thisMethodResult();

If Output() is supposed to be the constructor, then the class should be called Output, and the constructor signature should not have a return type, not even void.

[g00se]

Are you using AWT gui components for a reason? If, so, perhaps better not to mix them up with Swing JOptionPane

[macosxnerd101]

Please avoid duplicate posting.