Thread: Hold feature on Fruit Machine

Hi,

I'm trying to write the code for a hold button on a fruit machine. Im not sure where to start or how to do it.

Can anyone help me please and point me in the right direction

Thank You

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i have given it a try but i dont understand why it wont work. I have set a timer for each real and when the hold button is selected the timer stops so that reel doesnt spin. However the reel still spins.

the code i have for the reels which seem to work fine are:

 if(event.getSource()==btnStart){
				counter = 0;
 
					timer1 = new Timer(50,this);
						timer1.start();
 
							timer2 = new Timer(50,this);
								timer2.start();
 
									timer3 = new Timer(50,this);
										timer3.start();
		}
 
 
			if(event.getSource()==timer1) {
				setIcon1 ();
		}
					if(event.getSource()==timer2) {
						setIcon2 ();
		}						
							if(event.getSource()==timer3) {
								setIcon3 ();
			}
 
 
			if(event.getSource()==timer1){
				timer1.stop();
		}
					if(event.getSource()==timer2){
						timer2.stop();
		}
							if(event.getSource()==timer3){
								timer3.stop();
									}
		}
 
 
}
 
		public void stopTimer1(){
			timer1.stop();
		}
 
			public void stopTimer2(){
				timer2.stop();
			}
 
				public void stopTimer3(){
					timer3.stop();
	}

the code for hold button which doesnt work is:

 if(event.getSource()== btnHoldLeft){
				timer1.stop();
			}
 
			if(event.getSource()== btnHoldMiddle){
				timer2.stop();
			}
 
			if(event.getSource()== btnHoldRight){
				timer3.stop();
			}

am i missing something in the coding for the hold buttons?