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Thread: How to allow my program to keep runningwithout closing it?

  1. July 17th, 2011, 08:46 PM #1
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    Default How to allow my program to keep runningwithout closing it?

    As mentioned in the title, How do I go about allowing my program to run as many times without having to close the program?

    Now, I am able to run my program but problem is whenever I click the "Start" button, it will not work because it does not clear the previous inputs.

    MarksEntering.jpg

    When I start the program for the 1st time,
    B145:B161
    col is B row is 145
    col is B row is 161

    if I run my program (w/o closing it) again,
    B145:B161
    col is BB row is 145145 <-
    col is BB row is 161161 <-

    How do I allow the program to run multiple times without having to close it? 

    import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
 
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.IOException;
import jxl.Cell;
import jxl.Sheet;
import jxl.Workbook;
import jxl.read.biff.BiffException;
 
import javax.swing.JFileChooser;
 
import java.io.File;
public class CustomiseKeystroke {
 
  		static String key;
		static String fullFileName;
		static JTextField jtfFile, jtfCell;
	    private Robot robot;
	    static char colNumber;
 
		static String columnBegin="";
		static String rowBegin="";
 
		static String columnEnd="";
		static String rowEnd ="";
 
		static	int columnNo;
		static int rowNo = 0;
 
    public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
 
JFrame f = new JFrame();
    	f.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    	f.setTitle("Marks Entering Keystroke");
    	f.setSize(400,200);
 
    	JPanel titlePanel = new JPanel();
    	JLabel title = new JLabel("Marks Entering Keystroke");
    	titlePanel.add(title);
 
    	JPanel contentPanel = new JPanel();
 
	    		//content pane
	    		JPanel contentPanel1 = new JPanel();
	    		contentPanel1.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
 
	    			//sub content pane 1 for conents.
	    			JPanel cp1 = new JPanel();
	    			cp1.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
 
	    			JLabel lblFile = new JLabel("File: ");
	    			final JTextField tfPath = new JTextField(20);
	    			JButton btnBrowse = new JButton("Browse");
	    			btnBrowse.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
					        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)   {
 
				      		 JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
					            chooser.showOpenDialog(null);
					            File file = chooser.getSelectedFile();
					            String fileName = file.getName();
					            String strDirectory = file.getParent();
					            String con = "\\";
					            fullFileName = strDirectory + con + fileName;
					            tfPath.setText(fullFileName);
					           	System.out.println(fullFileName);
				    		  }});
 
 
	    			cp1.add(lblFile, BorderLayout.WEST);
	    			cp1.add(tfPath, BorderLayout.CENTER);
	    			cp1.add(btnBrowse, BorderLayout.EAST);
 
	    			JPanel cp2 = new JPanel();
	    			cp2.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
 
	    			JLabel lblType = new JLabel("Move between Cells: ");
	    			CheckboxGroup radio = new CheckboxGroup();
 
					final Checkbox	enterButton = new Checkbox("Enter", radio, true);
					final Checkbox	tabButton = new Checkbox("Tab", radio, false);
 
	    			cp2.add(lblType);
	    			cp2.add(enterButton);
	    			cp2.add(tabButton);
 
	    		JPanel contentPanel2 = new JPanel();
	    		contentPanel2.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
 
	    			JPanel cp3 = new JPanel();
 
	    			JLabel lblCell = new JLabel("Cell Range: ");
	    			final	JTextField tfCell = new JTextField(5);
 
 
	    			JLabel lblDelay = new JLabel("Delay: ");
	    			JTextField tfDelay = new JTextField(5);
 
	    			cp3.add(lblCell);
	    			cp3.add(tfCell);
 
	    			cp3.add(lblDelay);
	    			cp3.add(tfDelay);
 
	    	JPanel btnPanel = new JPanel();
 
	    	JButton btnStart = new JButton("Start");
	    	btnPanel.add(btnStart);
	    	  btnStart.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)   {
    	  		String path = tfPath.getText();
    	  		String cell = tfCell.getText();
 
				System.out.println(cell);
		       int posColon= cell.indexOf(":");
 
         String begin = cell.substring(0, posColon);
   		String end = cell.substring(posColon+1, cell.length() ) ;
    //    System.out.println(begin+"   "+end);
 
 
 		 for (int i=0; i<begin.length(); i++)
 		  isNumber(""+begin.substring(i,i+1) )  ;
         System.out.println("col is "+columnBegin + "\t row is " + rowBegin );
 
         for (int i=0; i<end.length(); i++)
 		 isNumber1(""+end.substring(i,i+1) ) ;
 
		 int rowNo1 = Integer.parseInt(rowBegin) - 1;
 
 		 int rowNo = Integer.parseInt(rowEnd) ;
 
         System.out.println("col is "+columnEnd + "\t row is " + rowNo );
 
		Character c = new Character(columnBegin.charAt(0));
		Character c1 = new Character(columnEnd.charAt(0));
 
		  colNumber(c);
		  colNumber(c1);
 
    try
    {
    	Thread.sleep(1000);
    	CustomiseKeystroke keyboard = new CustomiseKeystroke();
 
        Workbook workbook = Workbook.getWorkbook(new File(path));
        Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheet(0);
 
  		 for (int x=rowNo1; x<rowNo; x++) {
  		    Cell excel1 = sheet.getCell(columnNo, x);
 
  		     String data1 = excel1.getContents();
  		     System.out.println(data1);
  		     keyboard.type(data1);
 
 					if (tabButton.getState() == true) {
			           keyboard.type("\t");
			           	System.out.println("tab");
			        } else{
			           keyboard.type("\n");
			          	System.out.println("enter");
			        }
 
  		     //keyboard.type(key);
  		 }
		  keyboard.type("\n");
          }
  		  catch (Exception ex) {}
 
      }
    });
 
 
	    		contentPanel1.add(cp1, BorderLayout.NORTH);
	    		contentPanel1.add(cp2, BorderLayout.CENTER);
 
	    		contentPanel2.add(cp3, BorderLayout.NORTH);
	    	//	contentPanel2.add(cp4, BorderLayout.CENTER);
 
    		contentPanel.add(contentPanel1);
    		contentPanel.add(contentPanel2);
 
    	f.add(titlePanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
    	f.add(contentPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    	f.add(btnPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    	f.setVisible(true);
 
 
    }
 
			static boolean isNumber(String c)
		{
	    	try
	    	{
	    	  	Integer.parseInt(c);
	    	  	 rowBegin +=c;
	    		return true;
	    	}
	    	catch (Exception e)
	    	{
			   columnBegin +=c;
		  		return false;
	    	}
   		 }
 
 
		static boolean isNumber1(String c1)
		{
	    	try
	    	{
	    	  	Integer.parseInt(c1);
	    	  	 rowEnd +=c1;
	    		return true;
	    	}
	    	catch (Exception e)
	    	{
	    			   columnEnd +=c1;
	    		  		return false;
	    	}
	    }
 
	static void colNumber (char character)
	{
	//	int columnNo = 0;
 
	switch (character)
		{
			case 'A': columnNo =0; break;
			case 'B': columnNo = 1; break;
			case 'C': columnNo = 2; break;
			case 'D': columnNo = 3; break;
			case 'E': columnNo = 4; break;
			case 'F': columnNo = 5; break;
			case 'G': columnNo = 6; break;
			case 'H': columnNo = 7; break;
			case 'I': columnNo = 8; break;
			case 'J': columnNo = 9; break;
			case 'K': columnNo = 10; break;
			case 'L': columnNo = 11; break;
			case 'M': columnNo = 12; break;
			case 'N': columnNo = 13; break;
			case 'O': columnNo = 14; break;
			case 'P': columnNo = 15; break;
			case 'Q': columnNo = 16; break;
			case 'R': columnNo = 17; break;
			case 'S': columnNo = 18; break;
			case 'T': columnNo = 19; break;
			case 'U': columnNo = 20; break;
			case 'V': columnNo = 21; break;
			case 'W': columnNo = 22; break;
			case 'X': columnNo = 23; break;
			case 'Y': columnNo = 24; break;
			case 'Z': columnNo = 25; break;
		}
	}
 
   public CustomiseKeystroke() throws AWTException {
        this.robot = new Robot();
    }
 
    public CustomiseKeystroke(Robot robot) {
        this.robot = robot;
    }
 
    public void type(CharSequence characters) {
        int length = characters.length();
        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
                char character = characters.charAt(i);
                type(character);
        }
    }
 
   public void type(char character) {
        switch (character) {
        case 'a': doType(KeyEvent.VK_A); break;
        case 'b': doType(KeyEvent.VK_B); break;
        case 'c': doType(KeyEvent.VK_C); break;
        case 'd': doType(KeyEvent.VK_D); break;
        case 'e': doType(KeyEvent.VK_E); break;
        case 'f': doType(KeyEvent.VK_F); break;
        case 'g': doType(KeyEvent.VK_G); break;
        case 'h': doType(KeyEvent.VK_H); break;
        case 'i': doType(KeyEvent.VK_I); break;
        case 'j': doType(KeyEvent.VK_J); break;
        case 'k': doType(KeyEvent.VK_K); break;
        case 'l': doType(KeyEvent.VK_L); break;
        case 'm': doType(KeyEvent.VK_M); break;
        case 'n': doType(KeyEvent.VK_N); break;
        case 'o': doType(KeyEvent.VK_O); break;
        case 'p': doType(KeyEvent.VK_P); break;
        case 'q': doType(KeyEvent.VK_Q); break;
        case 'r': doType(KeyEvent.VK_R); break;
        case 's': doType(KeyEvent.VK_S); break;
        case 't': doType(KeyEvent.VK_T); break;
        case 'u': doType(KeyEvent.VK_U); break;
        case 'v': doType(KeyEvent.VK_V); break;
        case 'w': doType(KeyEvent.VK_W); break;
        case 'x': doType(KeyEvent.VK_X); break;
        case 'y': doType(KeyEvent.VK_Y); break;
        case 'z': doType(KeyEvent.VK_Z); break;
        case 'A': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_A); break;
        case 'B': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_B); break;
        case 'C': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_C); break;
        case 'D': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_D); break;
        case 'E': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_E); break;
        case 'F': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_F); break;
        case 'G': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_G); break;
        case 'H': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_H); break;
        case 'I': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_I); break;
        case 'J': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_J); break;
        case 'K': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_K); break;
        case 'L': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_L); break;
        case 'M': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_M); break;
        case 'N': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_N); break;
        case 'O': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_O); break;
        case 'P': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_P); break;
        case 'Q': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_Q); break;
        case 'R': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_R); break;
        case 'S': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_S); break;
        case 'T': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_T); break;
        case 'U': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_U); break;
        case 'V': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_V); break;
        case 'W': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_W); break;
        case 'X': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_X); break;
        case 'Y': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_Y); break;
        case 'Z': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_Z); break;
        case '`': doType(KeyEvent.VK_BACK_QUOTE); break;
        case '0': doType(KeyEvent.VK_0); break;
        case '1': doType(KeyEvent.VK_1); break;
        case '2': doType(KeyEvent.VK_2); break;
        case '3': doType(KeyEvent.VK_3); break;
        case '4': doType(KeyEvent.VK_4); break;
        case '5': doType(KeyEvent.VK_5); break;
        case '6': doType(KeyEvent.VK_6); break;
        case '7': doType(KeyEvent.VK_7); break;
        case '8': doType(KeyEvent.VK_8); break;
        case '9': doType(KeyEvent.VK_9); break;
        case '-': doType(KeyEvent.VK_MINUS); break;
        case '=': doType(KeyEvent.VK_EQUALS); break;
        case '~': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_BACK_QUOTE); break;
        case '!': doType(KeyEvent.VK_EXCLAMATION_MARK); break;
        case '@': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_2); break;
 
        //case '@': doType(KeyEvent.VK_AT); break;
        case '#': doType(KeyEvent.VK_NUMBER_SIGN); break;
        case '$': doType(KeyEvent.VK_DOLLAR); break;
        case '%': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_5); break;
        case '^': doType(KeyEvent.VK_CIRCUMFLEX); break;
        case '&': doType(KeyEvent.VK_AMPERSAND); break;
        case '*': doType(KeyEvent.VK_ASTERISK); break;
        case '(': doType(KeyEvent.VK_LEFT_PARENTHESIS); break;
        case ')': doType(KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT_PARENTHESIS); break;
        case '_': doType(KeyEvent.VK_UNDERSCORE); break;
        case '+': doType(KeyEvent.VK_PLUS); break;
        case '\t': doType(KeyEvent.VK_TAB); break;
        case '\n': doType(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER); break;
        case '[': doType(KeyEvent.VK_OPEN_BRACKET); break;
        case ']': doType(KeyEvent.VK_CLOSE_BRACKET); break;
        case '\\': doType(KeyEvent.VK_BACK_SLASH); break;
        case '{': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_OPEN_BRACKET); break;
        case '}': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_CLOSE_BRACKET); break;
        case '|': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_BACK_SLASH); break;
        case ';': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SEMICOLON); break;
        case ':': doType(KeyEvent.VK_COLON); break;
        case '\'': doType(KeyEvent.VK_QUOTE); break;
        case '"': doType(KeyEvent.VK_QUOTEDBL); break;
        case ',': doType(KeyEvent.VK_COMMA); break;
        case '<': doType(KeyEvent.VK_LESS); break;
        case '.': doType(KeyEvent.VK_PERIOD); break;
        case '>': doType(KeyEvent.VK_GREATER); break;
        case '/': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SLASH); break;
        case '?': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_SLASH); break;
        case ' ': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SPACE); break;
 
        //Arrow Key
        default:
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot type character " + character);
        }
    }
 
     public void typeArrow(String d) {
 
     	if (d.equals("Up")) doType(KeyEvent.VK_UP); else
     	if (d.equals("Down")) doType(KeyEvent.VK_DOWN); else
     	if (d.equals("Left")) doType(KeyEvent.VK_LEFT); else
     	if (d.equals("Right")) doType(KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT);
 
    }
    private void doType(int... keyCodes) {
        doType(keyCodes, 0, keyCodes.length);
    }
 
    private void doType(int[] keyCodes, int offset, int length) {
        if (length == 0) {
                return;
        }
        robot.keyPress(keyCodes[offset]);
        robot.delay(50);
        doType(keyCodes, offset + 1, length - 1);
        robot.keyRelease(keyCodes[offset]);
    }
 
}
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    Default Re: How to allow my program to keep runningwithout closing it?

    How do I go about allowing my program to run as many times without having to close the program
    Are you talking about using a loop? That is the normal way to do the same thing over and over as many times as you want.

    whenever I click the "Start" button, it will not work because it does not clear the previous inputs.
    Why don't you clear the previous inputs?
    What statements do you use to put the values in the display area?
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    Default Re: How to allow my program to keep runningwithout closing it?

    Are you talking about using a loop? That is the normal way to do the same thing over and over as many times as you want.
    Yeap. I guess it's loop I'm talking about. But how do I go about doing it?

    Why don't you clear the previous inputs?
    What statements do you use to put the values in the display area?
    How do I go about doing the clearing of previous inputs?
    I tried to use setText(" "); but it doesn't work. The problem is still there.

    Which display area you meant?
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    Default Re: How to allow my program to keep runningwithout closing it?

    Where did you put the .setText(); ?

    Try:

    JLabel lblCell = new JLabel("Cell Range: ");
final	JTextField tfCell = new JTextField(5);
tfCell.setText("");
 
 
JLabel lblDelay = new JLabel("Delay: ");
JTextField tfDelay = new JTextField(5);
tfDelay.setText("");

    Do these values load blank each time now?
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