Switching between Multiple Frames
 

The following four classes are an attempt to set up three different JFrames and switch between them. The three frames are: MainView, DetailView, and FormView. The main class is MultipleFramesExample. The four source codes constitute a NetBeans project with a package called FrameViews. MainView, DetailView, and FormView are essentially identical source codes, each containing a JButton. When a button in one of the views is clicked, you are to be taken to another view.
When I try to Run the project, the last line of each source code creates a compile error, "Cannot find variable". Can anyone tell me how to correct the following four source codes?

package FrameViews;

import java.awt.*;

import javax.swing.*;

public class MultipleFramesExample extends JFrame {   

   public MultipleFramesExample() {  

   }

   public void main(String[] args) { 

    mV.createMainView(); 

   }   

}

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package FrameViews;

import java.awt.*;

import java.awt.event.*;

import javax.swing.*;

public class MainView extends JFrame implements ActionListener  {

      MainView MV = new MainView();      

      public void createMainView() {         

      JFrame frame1 = new JFrame();

      frame1.setTitle("Main View");

      frame1.setSize(50,50);

      frame1.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

      frame1.setVisible(true);      

      JButton button1 = new JButton("Click for Detail View");

      frame1.getContentPane().add(button1);

      button1.addActionListener(this);

      }

      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {

        dV.createDetailView();

      }

}

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package FrameViews;

import java.awt.event.*;

import javax.swing.*;

public class DetailView extends JFrame implements ActionListener {

      DetailView dV = new DetailView();      

      public void createDetailView() {      

      JFrame frame2 = new JFrame();

      frame2.setTitle("Detail View");

      frame2.setSize(100,100);

      frame2.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

      frame2.setVisible(true);     

      JButton button2 = new JButton("Click for Form View");

      frame2.getContentPane().add(button2);

      button2.addActionListener(this);

   }

      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {

      fV.createFormView();

}

}

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package FrameViews;

import java.awt.event.*;

import javax.swing.*;

public class FormView extends JFrame implements ActionListener {

      FormView fV = new FormView();   

   public void createFormView() {     

      JFrame frame3 = new JFrame();

      frame3.setTitle("Form View");

      frame3.setSize(75,75);

      frame3.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

      frame3.setVisible(true);      

      JButton button3 = new JButton("Click for Main View");

      frame3.getContentPane().add(button3);

      button3.addActionListener(this);

   }

   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {

        mV.createMainView();

   }

   }

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Thank you,
J.D. Seader

Re: Switching between Multiple Frames
 

mV.createMainView();
mV has not been declared in this class.

dV.createDetailView();
dV has not been declared in this class.

etc etc.

You should make a new instance for the variables you want to use, or let them get returned from other classes (if you don't want a new one).

So in the first class this would be:
MainView MV = new MainView();

This should solve the problem I think. Please say so if I am wrong.

Greetings, jens

Re: Switching between Multiple Frames
 

Jens,
Thank you for your help. I followed your suggestion and added a declaration to each class directly after the class declaration. The program now compiles without any errors, but when I run it, no frames with buttons appear. I must have another problem. Can you help me?
J.D. Seader

Re: Switching between Multiple Frames
 

Jens,
With a slight change, my project now works beautifully. Thank you very much for your help. I thought the package statement would eliminate the need for the declarations you suggested, but it didn't.
J.D. Seader

Re: Switching between Multiple Frames
 

how would you do this in Netbean IDE? can you show the examples?

let say:

the first screen appear, and it has a series of button. each button goes to specific JFrame... but i have no clues until now.