dispose method

[jumpman8947]

I created a program where when I click a button another screen shows up but the only problem I'm having is the first screen isn't going away. I tried to use the dispose method but I come up with an error don't know why though.

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class MainScreen extends JFrame
{
	private  JTextField field1;
	private JLabel label1;
	private JLabel label2;
	private JButton button1;
	private JButton button2;
	private JComboBox box1;
	private JLabel imageIcon;


	public MainScreen()
	{
		field1 = new JTextField("Welcome");
		setLayout(null);

		Dimension size1 = field1.getPreferredSize();
		//Dimension size2 = label1.getPreferredSize();

		//Build field1
		field1.setBounds(400, 15, 220, 75);
		field1.setBackground(new Color(0, 102, 102));
		field1.setFont(new Font("Times New Roman", 1, 24));
		field1.setEditable(false);
		add(field1);

		//Build button1
		button1 = new JButton("EXIT");
		button1.setBounds(400, 620, 220, 75);
		button1.setBackground(new Color(0, 0, 0));
		button1.setForeground(new Color(255, 0, 0));
		button1.addActionListener(new button1Listener());
		add(button1);

		//Build button2
		button2 = new JButton("Click To Enter");
		button2.setBounds(350, 300, 220, 75);
		button2.addActionListener(new button2Listener());
		add(button2);

		//Build label1
		label1 = new JLabel();
		label1.setIcon(new ImageIcon ("bible3.gif"));
		label1.setBounds(0, 15, 600, 600);
		add(label1);

		//Build label2
		label2 = new JLabel();
		label2.setIcon(new ImageIcon ("seed.jpg"));
		label2.setBounds(707, 100, 400, 400);
		add(label2);

		//Build ComboBox
		box1 = new JComboBox();
		box1.setModel(new DefaultComboBoxModel(new String[]
		{
			"Gospel", "Raeggae", "Hip-Hop"
		}));
		box1.setBounds(700, 0, 89, 50);
		add(box1);

		setSize(1100, 770);
		setTitle("Main Screen");
		setBackground(new Color(204, 102, 0));
		setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		getContentPane().setBackground(new Color(204, 102, 0));





		setVisible(true);



	}

	private class button1Listener implements ActionListener
				{
					public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
					{
						System.exit(0);
					}

				}
	private class button2Listener implements ActionListener
				{
					public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
					{
						MiddleScreen midScr = new MiddleScreen();
						midScr.setVisible(true);
						MainScreen.dispose();

					}

				}








	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		new MainScreen();
	}



}

The error I'm getting is "non-static method dispose() can't be referenced from a static context MainScreen.dispose();"

[jim829]

That's because the dispose method is an instance method and not a class method. So you need to use a reference of MainScreen to call it.

Regards,
Jim

[Fubarable]

As per what jim829 states, you need an instance of MainScreen, and in fact you need the current instance which can be obtained by changing MainScreen.dispose() to MainScreen.this.dispose().

Having said that I must also be blunt and tell you that your current GUI design is not good. Most applications will have only one main window, and that will be the JFrame. Applications will then either change views held by that main window or else show child windows which should be dialogs such as JDialog or JOptionPanes as they are dependent on the main window.

[tamilarasi]

Hi jumpman8947,

can you post the code of MiddleScreen(); and MainScreen.dispose(); here?