Thread: Need Help Action Listener....

need help on actionlistener....i have 2 use action listener to open a new Jframe from my Main JFrame...wat i have to do is when i click my MenuItem (ex. File, open), a new frame is opened...


here is my Mainframe
CODE:

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
 
public class menu extends JFrame{
 
	private JMenuBar jmMenuBar;
	private JMenu jmFile;
	private JMenuItem jmNew;
 
	public menu(){
 
		JMenuBar jmbMenuBar = new JMenuBar();
		JMenu jmFile = new JMenu ("File");
		JMenuItem jmiOpen = new JMenuItem ("Open");
		JMenuItem jmiSave = new JMenuItem ("Save");
		JMenuItem jmiSaveAs = new JMenuItem ("SaveAs");
		jmFile.add(jmiOpen);
		jmFile.add(jmiSave);
		jmFile.add(jmiSaveAs);
		jmbMenuBar.add(jmFile);
 
		JMenu jmEdit = new JMenu ("Edit");
		JMenuItem jmiCut = new JMenuItem ("Cut");
		JMenuItem jmiCopy = new JMenuItem ("Copy");
		JMenuItem jmiPaste = new JMenuItem ("Paste");
		jmEdit.add(jmiCut);
		jmEdit.add(jmiCopy);
		jmEdit.add(jmiPaste);
		jmbMenuBar.add(jmEdit);
 
		JMenu jmView = new JMenu ("View");
		JMenuItem jmiToolBar = new JMenuItem ("ToolBar");
		JMenuItem jmiStatusBar = new JMenuItem ("StatusBar");
		JMenuItem jmiFormatBar = new JMenuItem ("FormatBar");
		jmView.add(jmiToolBar);
		jmView.add(jmiStatusBar);
		jmView.add(jmiFormatBar);
		jmbMenuBar.add(jmView);
 
		setJMenuBar (jmbMenuBar);
		}
 
	public static void main (String[]args){
 
		menu myApp = new menu();
		myApp.setSize(500,400);
		myApp.setTitle("BSIT II-O");
		myApp.setLocation(0,0);
		myApp.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		myApp.setVisible(true);
	}
}		
 
and this is the second frame that should be opened when i click on my MenuItem from my Main Frame
 
	import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
 
public class Menu extends Jframe{
 
	private JLabel jlbName;
	private JTextField jtfName;
	private JButton jbSave;
	private FlowLayout flLayout;
 
	public Menu (){
 
		jlbName = new JLabel ("Name");
		jtfName = new JTextField (30);
		jbSave = new JButton ("Save");
		flLayout = new FlowLayout ();
 
		add(jlbName);
		add(jtfName);
		add(jbSave);
 
		jlbName.setForeground (Color.BLUE);
		jtfName.setBackground (Color.PINK);
		jtfName.setFont (new Font ("Vivaldi",3,12));
		setLayout (flLayout);
	}
public static void main (String args[]){
	Menu form = new Menu ();
	form.setLocation (100,200);
	form.setSize(800,600);
	form.setTitle ("BSIT II-O");
	form.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
	form.setVisible(true);
	}
}

I think i have to use actionListener but i dont know how to...can someone help me with my problem...?Plzzzz....tnx in advance...

I don't know if JMenuBar works like MenuBar, but I know that MenuBar makes you add the action listener individually to each menu item. To add an action listener, your class needs to implement the ActionListener interface and implement the actionPerformed(ActionListener e) method.

// init. code
		JMenuBar jmbMenuBar = new JMenuBar();
		JMenu jmFile = new JMenu ("File");
		JMenuItem jmiOpen = new JMenuItem ("Open");
		jmiOpen.addActionListener(this);
		JMenuItem jmiSave = new JMenuItem ("Save");
		jmiSave.addActionLIstener(this);
		JMenuItem jmiSaveAs = new JMenuItem ("SaveAs");
		jmiSave.addActionListener(this):
		jmFile.add(jmiOpen);
		jmFile.add(jmiSave);
		jmFile.add(jmiSaveAs);
		jmbMenuBar.add(jmFile);