Re: Gui Question


"IanH" <hill_ian_j@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm reading through the java sun tutorials but finding it pretty hard
as i'm new to all of this.

My assignment is to develop an interface that will run the Payroll
System application for five classes we have been given. Using a
JComboBox and JTextFields, allow the user to specify the type of
employee they wish to create and specify the data concerning that
employee. Have the output displayed in a JTextArea. I have included the
five classes plus the test class which just outputs the predefined
data.

Okay, I'm starting to develop a mental picture of what you'll need to do to
solve this problem. I need to think about it a bit more to get a good solid
idea of exactly how the GUI will flow.

In the meantime, keep working your way through the GUI tutorial. Don't worry
too much if you don't understand everything but make a point of writing down
your questions whether they are big conceptual questions or smaller detail
questions. When you've gone through the tutorial material and have a list of
questions, post them here and we can try to answer them in a way that is
clear for you.

Then, you should be in a good position to work out a lot of the solution to
your current problem. Again, we can help you with specific questions that
you might have about solving the problem.

As you think about this problem, ask yourself what the user should see when
they do the work envisioned in the assignment, i.e. when they add employees
and calculate payment amounts for the next payroll. It would be very useful
for you to sketch the screens that the user will see and exactly what
fields, labels, and buttons (or other controls) will be on each screen.
Then, we can help verify that you are asking for the right things in the
right sequence and help you build the screens and the handling of the data
and controls.

By the way, when I say "we", I'm not employing the "royal we"; I hope that
at least the two of us work on this until you feel comfortable enough to
finish on your own. Ideally, others on this newsgroup will also jump in to
suggest things.

--
Rhino



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