empty menuItem in the menu

[anix]

Hello,

I use netbeans 6.8,
when I put a menuItem that I called Examen, it is not shown in the menu (it is shown but without text)
NB: the code of menus is in blue then we could not change it
also, other menuItem are good (their text are shown in the execution)
thank you for your response

[Fubarable]

Without code, I'm not sure how anyone can tell what you're doing wrong.

Luck.

[anix]

The code is in blue color then we could not change it
the problem is with Examen and RechRDV

    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">                          
    private void initComponents() {

        mainPanel = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        menuBar = new javax.swing.JMenuBar();
        javax.swing.JMenu fileMenu = new javax.swing.JMenu();
        jMenuItem1 = new javax.swing.JMenuItem();
        recherchePatient = new javax.swing.JMenuItem();
        RDV = new javax.swing.JMenuItem();
        rechRDV = new javax.swing.JMenuItem();
        Examen = new javax.swing.JMenuItem();
        javax.swing.JMenuItem exitMenuItem = new javax.swing.JMenuItem();
        javax.swing.JMenu helpMenu = new javax.swing.JMenu();
        javax.swing.JMenuItem aboutMenuItem = new javax.swing.JMenuItem();
        statusPanel = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        javax.swing.JSeparator statusPanelSeparator = new javax.swing.JSeparator();
        statusMessageLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        statusAnimationLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        progressBar = new javax.swing.JProgressBar();
        jTextField1 = new javax.swing.JTextField();

        mainPanel.setName("mainPanel"); // NOI18N

        javax.swing.GroupLayout mainPanelLayout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(mainPanel);
        mainPanel.setLayout(mainPanelLayout);
        mainPanelLayout.setHorizontalGroup(
            mainPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGap(0, 429, Short.MAX_VALUE)
        );
        mainPanelLayout.setVerticalGroup(
            mainPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGap(0, 177, Short.MAX_VALUE)
        );

        menuBar.setName("menuBar"); // NOI18N

        org.jdesktop.application.ResourceMap resourceMap = org.jdesktop.application.Application.getInstance(ris1.Ris1App.class).getContext().getResourceMap(Ris1View.class);
        fileMenu.setText(resourceMap.getString("fileMenu.text")); // NOI18N
        fileMenu.setName("fileMenu"); // NOI18N

        jMenuItem1.setText(resourceMap.getString("jMenuItem1.text")); // NOI18N
        jMenuItem1.setName("jMenuItem1"); // NOI18N
        jMenuItem1.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                jMenuItem1ActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });
        fileMenu.add(jMenuItem1);

        recherchePatient.setText(resourceMap.getString("recherchePatient.text")); // NOI18N
        recherchePatient.setName("recherchePatient"); // NOI18N
        recherchePatient.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                recherchePatientActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });
        fileMenu.add(recherchePatient);

        RDV.setText(resourceMap.getString("RDV.text")); // NOI18N
        RDV.setName("RDV"); // NOI18N
        RDV.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                RDVActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });
        fileMenu.add(RDV);

        rechRDV.setText(resourceMap.getString("rechRDV.text")); // NOI18N
        rechRDV.setName("rechRDV"); // NOI18N
        rechRDV.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                rechRDVActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });
        fileMenu.add(rechRDV);

        Examen.setText(resourceMap.getString("Examen.text")); // NOI18N
        Examen.setName("Examen"); // NOI18N
        Examen.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                ExamenActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });
        fileMenu.add(Examen);

        javax.swing.ActionMap actionMap = org.jdesktop.application.Application.getInstance(ris1.Ris1App.class).getContext().getActionMap(Ris1View.class, this);
        exitMenuItem.setAction(actionMap.get("quit")); // NOI18N
        exitMenuItem.setName("exitMenuItem"); // NOI18N
        exitMenuItem.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                exitMenuItemActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });
        fileMenu.add(exitMenuItem);

        menuBar.add(fileMenu);

        helpMenu.setText(resourceMap.getString("helpMenu.text")); // NOI18N
        helpMenu.setName("helpMenu"); // NOI18N

        aboutMenuItem.setAction(actionMap.get("showAboutBox")); // NOI18N
        aboutMenuItem.setName("aboutMenuItem"); // NOI18N
        helpMenu.add(aboutMenuItem);

        menuBar.add(helpMenu);

        statusPanel.setName("statusPanel"); // NOI18N

        statusPanelSeparator.setName("statusPanelSeparator"); // NOI18N

        statusMessageLabel.setName("statusMessageLabel"); // NOI18N

        statusAnimationLabel.setHorizontalAlignment(javax.swing.SwingConstants.LEFT);
        statusAnimationLabel.setName("statusAnimationLabel"); // NOI18N

        progressBar.setName("progressBar"); // NOI18N

        javax.swing.GroupLayout statusPanelLayout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(statusPanel);
        statusPanel.setLayout(statusPanelLayout);
        statusPanelLayout.setHorizontalGroup(
            statusPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addComponent(statusPanelSeparator, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 429, Short.MAX_VALUE)
            .addGroup(statusPanelLayout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addComponent(statusMessageLabel)
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED, 243, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .addComponent(progressBar, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                .addComponent(statusAnimationLabel)
                .addContainerGap())
        );
        statusPanelLayout.setVerticalGroup(
            statusPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(statusPanelLayout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addComponent(statusPanelSeparator, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .addGroup(statusPanelLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(statusMessageLabel)
                    .addComponent(statusAnimationLabel)
                    .addComponent(progressBar, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                .addGap(3, 3, 3))
        );

        jTextField1.setName("jTextField1"); // NOI18N

        setComponent(mainPanel);
        setMenuBar(menuBar);
        setStatusBar(statusPanel);
    }// </editor-fold>

Moderator Edit: Code tags added

[Fubarable]

I've added code tags to allow your code to be more easily read, but yet even with the tags, it's almost impossible to tell what your problem as you still have lots of netbeans code clogging up your post. Can you create a small Swing app without using NetBeans, by doing it by hand? If so, do so, create a small JMenuBar and JMenu, and try to reproduce your error.

Also, have you gone through the Sun Swing tutorial on how to create menus with Swing? If not, you'd better do so so you understand what's going on here. You can find it here: How to Use Menus (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Using Swing Components)

[Fubarable]

Also, are you sure that your resource bundle resourceMap has a String that maps to "Examen.text"?

[anix]

I thank you for your reply
I am not sure that my resource has a String that maps to "Examen.text"

[Fubarable]

I am not sure that my resource has a String that maps to "Examen.text"

You would do well to investigate this.

[anix]

I fixed the problem,
I have copied the function initComponents() into another one initComponents1
where I don't use Examen.setText(resourceMap.getString("Examen.text" ));
but simply Examen.setText("Examen");
it works very well now
thank you for your post

[Fubarable]

I fixed the problem,
I have copied the function initComponents() into another one initComponents1
where I don't use Examen.setText(resourceMap.getString("Examen.text" ));
but simply Examen.setText("Examen");
it works very well now
thank you for your post

You're welcome. A possible problem here though is that by doing it this way your GUI loses its ability to be locale responsive. But if this isn't important, then no big deal.