Thanks for trying atleast but im trying something right now. Ill post back if it works. First ill get all my stuff to work on one window and see if i can get that atleast. Right now i can click a button, have a input box popup and do it that way. Its not as nice as having a textbox (JTextField) and entering a value and clicking a button (Convert) and having the results popup.

I am trying stuff. Its not like im sitting here waiting for an answer but im active duty military and going to college. I don't have my whole life to spend trying to learn this and i am trying. I keep testing things. My homework is done im trying to learn alittle something extra to make it better looking. All im trying to do is get some help once i have my tabs laid out adding things inside them. Maybe if you have a link to give me that will explain more then "You need to learn more". Im simply asking for some help which im sure anyone with as much knowledge as you could simply guide me in the right direction instead of just having smart ass comments. Sorry for asking for help on here. Ive searched the site for tutorials and have read the swings ones but once again they only show a piece of what i need. When i try to piece them together its still not working but im still working on it. Ill let you know when i fix it.

Okay so now how do i add this into one of the tabs?

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTabbedPane;
import javax.swing.JTextField;

/*
 * This program will do conversions
 */

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class conversionDEMO extends JFrame
{
	JPanel panel;
	JButton convert;
	JLabel msg;
	JTextField txtfield;

	public conversionDEMO()
	{
		// Sets the title of the frame

		setTitle("Miles to Kilometers");

		// Sets the size of the window

		setSize(300, 400);

		// Sets the action when window is close

		setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

		// Sets the visibility of the window

		setVisible(true);

		// Creates the panel

		panel = new JPanel();

		// Creates a label

		msg = new JLabel("Please enter a distance in Miles: ");

		// Creates the text field

		txtfield = new JTextField(15);

		// Creates the button

		convert = new JButton("Convert");

		// Adds to the panel

		panel.add(msg);
		panel.add(txtfield);
		panel.add(convert);

		// Add the panel to the content pane

		add(panel);

		// Creates the action listener

		convert.addActionListener(new ButtonListener());

   }

	// Handles the event if a button is clicked

	public class ButtonListener implements ActionListener
   {
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
		{
			// If ok button is clicked, gets the input name

			if(e.getSource()==convert)
			{
				// Gets the name from the text field

				String name = txtfield.getText();

				// If the text field is empty return a message

				if(name.length() == 0)
				{
					JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You didn't enter anything");
				}
				else
				{
					
					double miles = Double.parseDouble(name);
					double newTemp = miles * 1.6;
					
					JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The distance of  " +  name + " Miles in Kilometers is " + newTemp + " Kilometers");
					

				}
				txtfield.requestFocus();
			}
		}
	}

	public static void main(String[] args)
	{	
		new conversionDEMO();

	}
}

How do i put the text box in there. I need to pack it into the window. I understand how to get the text from the textbox. Textbox is assinged a variable and i call that variable and parse it if needed from string to double. I just need to learn how to pack everything into one window. I can find help on adding a text box or adding a radio button but nothing combined together.

I also have my code for each conversion already written. I want to make it nicer.

/*
	This class will take user input of the tempature Celcius and convert it into Fahrenheit.
	It will then display the results in a Message Dialog window.
	
*
*/

import javax.swing.*;

public class celciusConversion
{
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		// Gets the tempature in Celcius
		
		String celTemp = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter a tempature in Celcius");
		
		// Convert the Strings into a Double
		
		double celcius = Double.parseDouble(celTemp);
		
		// Output the sum into the screen
		
		double newTemp = celcius * 9/5 + 32;
		
		JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The tempature " + celcius + " Celcius converts to "  + newTemp + " degrees Fahrenheit");
		
	}

}

I want to add:

	public String normalTime()
	{
		return String.format("%02d:%02d:%02d %s", ((hour==0 || hour==12) ?12:hour%12), minute, second, (hour < 12? "AM" : "PM"));  // Set AM or PM. Also sets %02d (2 decimal places).
	}

But i dont know how to pull my hour, min, seconds variable from each class. e