getText() question

From: nu b (yrnuthin_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/26/03 

Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 23:00:24 -0700

Can somebody tell me where I went wrong on this. I just want to take the
input from the textbox and display it with the paint method when the user
clicks the button.

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

public class practice5 extends JApplet implements ActionListener
{

JLabel fLbl = new JLabel("First Name");
JTextField fText = new JTextField("",12);

String fIn = fText.getText();

JButton pu**** = new JButton("Push");

public void init()
{
Container con = getContentPane();
con.setLayout(new FlowLayout() );

con.add(fLbl);
con.add(fText);

con.add(pu****);
pu****.addActionListener(this);
}

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
Object source = e.getSource();
if (source == pu****)
{

Graphics msg = getGraphics();
msg.drawString(fIn,10,190);
}
}

}

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