Help with displaying new information on an applet

[neosnokia]

For those of you who have helped me in my last creation, i thank you :-), however now i have managed to get the login working and sucesfuly talking to a database to query a user name and password, what i want to know, is that once this has done, how do you refresh the screen so that it is blank and you can have new things put on it?

[Fubarable]

You might want to look into using a CardLayout here. The Sun Swing tutorials will show you how.

[neosnokia]

yeah someone suggested using a card layout, however it seems a bit complex to implement.

[Fubarable]

Nah, it's a piece of cake. Why not give it a try, and if it doesn't work for you, post your attempt here. The tutorial is pretty complete though, so you should go through it first before trying anything. You can find it here: CardLayout Tutorial

[neosnokia]

Ok, i have had a look at the tutorials, but how would i go around putting the items such as textboxes and buttons on to one card, would it just be a case of wrapping this around like one pannel, and if the user login is ok, show panel 2?

[Fubarable]

...but how would i go around putting the items such as textboxes and buttons on to one card,...

You place your components on a JPanel using whatever layout manager(s) that you need. This is no different from other Swing apps you'll make.

... would it just be a case of wrapping this around like one pannel, and if the user login is ok, show panel 2?

I think so, but I'm not 100% sure what you're trying to say here.

[Singing Boyo]

To clear the entire screen just call setVisible(false) on your JFrame(or Frame). If you still want the frame visible, but you want it empty, call removeAll() on it.

[neosnokia]

What i want to do, is after the person has logged in, clear the user name and password box, and then display a few drop down menus and stuff

[hawaiian robots]

call the removeAll() method, then rebuild the GUI then call validate().

[Fubarable]

call the removeAll() method, then rebuild the GUI then call validate().

Don't forget to also call repaint() lest all the removed junk will remain painted on the app. Still my recommendation is to use a CardLayout and just show an empty JPanel here.

[neosnokia]

So can i just put this at the end of the code?

[Fubarable]

Based on the information that we know, I have no idea at all. My laptop currently lacks the ability to reach through the internet and see what your code looks like. I'm planning on upgrading soon though.

[neosnokia]

Basicaly there is a border layout which has a user name, password and a response field. It will query this ok, but what i want to know is how to then move on to another form as it were

[Fubarable]

Again, use a CardLayout. It really is the best solution to this problem though I'm not sure what else to say to convince you of this.