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    Default Swing TIMER

    hey guy,

    I am trying to create a timer and i hope someone could help me to understand the following what do these lines of code mean?
     Timer timer = new Timer(1000, new TimerActionListener());// does this mean the speed?
     
     int count = 180;
    I would like the timer to start to be set to 1 minute and the timer to go backwards so 60,59,58,57 etc..


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    Default Re: Swing TIMER

    The Timer will call your listener code at the frequency/interval that the code sets.
    You can have that code do whatever you need done when it is called.

    If you want to see when the listener is called, add a println() statement that prints out a message when it is called.

    The place to start is the API doc. What does it say for each of the args to the Timer class's constructor?
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    Default Re: Swing TIMER

    the problem is that the timer is all set up but the timer is going 60,61,62,63 but i need to go 60,59,58,57etc...
    Last edited by newtolearningjava; April 26th, 2014 at 06:10 PM.

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    Default Re: Swing TIMER

    the timer is going 60,61,62,63
    What line of code is changing the value of the "timer"?

    ++ means to add 1
    -- means to subtract 1
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    oh silly me.. one more on this. need to add it
    Last edited by newtolearningjava; April 26th, 2014 at 06:11 PM.

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    What happened when you used that code?
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    Default Re: Swing TIMER

    i am not entirely sure on how to add this in my code.
    Last edited by newtolearningjava; April 26th, 2014 at 06:11 PM.

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    What happened when you tried as in post#5?
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    Default Re: Swing TIMER

    when the code is run as stated in post#5 it is subtracting the digits and stops at 0.

    I would like an message to appear when it hits 0 to say you ran out of time you loose or somthing.

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    Default Re: Swing TIMER

    The code in post#5 shows a call to the JOptionPane method inside an if.

          if (count ==0){
     
                        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You loose", JOptionPane.DEFAULT_OPTION);
    That is what I am talking about.
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    Default Re: Swing TIMER

    my bad i looked at the wrong post, originally i have added here in this code but i get this error:
    Last edited by newtolearningjava; April 26th, 2014 at 06:11 PM.

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    Sorry, that's a message from the IDE, but it hides what the compiler error is. You need to try another way to get the compiler's error message.
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    Default Re: Swing TIMER

    i have pressed ok?
    Last edited by newtolearningjava; April 26th, 2014 at 06:12 PM.

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    how do i get it to go away when i have pressed ok?
    Does it go away and a new one comes immediately?
    To keep the Timer from continuing to call the listener, stop or cancel it.
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    thanks that did the trick

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