jlist items

[bullstreetboy]

I need to iterate though all items in a list box.

:confused: How do I get ALL items in a listbox?

[mtyoung]

if your list box is JList...
read JList (Java Platform SE 6)

if your list box is JCombobox
read JComboBox (Java Platform SE 6)
getItemAt(int index)
getItemCount()
may help you...

[bullstreetboy]

Thanks for the response mtyoung. It must contain the answer somewhere.

I'm a complete novice to Java but an experience vb.net programmer trying to ditch Microsoft.

Is it just me? - the link you sent seems daunting to a would be Java programmer.

I'm not asking anyone to write the code for me but the transition from Net to Java is not as trivial as I hoped.

I'll keep trying.

[neilcoffey]

The link that @mtyoung gave should be regarded as the reference manual; it assumes you know the basics of Java and Swing.

You need to know the basics of Java: how to declare variables, how to write a loop, how to put classes together etc. This part is surely quite different to VB. If you were a C# programmer, it would probably seem much closer.

Then, I'd recommend you go through at least parts of a basic Swing tutorial, such as Sun's Swing tutorial. I think many of the concepts of the library classes will be similar to .Net (I'm not a .Net programmer, but the bits I've seen seem pretty much a direct rip-off from Java; not sure how the UI classes work, though).

[bullstreetboy]

Thanks Neil

I've got the basic of Java via Sams Teach yourself but it is not the best Sams that I have read. I'll take a look at the Swing tutorial.

[Eranga]

At least search on the forum, or on the web. You can find lots of examples related to this. :)

[bullstreetboy]

Thanks Eranga

I've found a solution. I think I must switch off my VB.net brain and start thinking Java.