There are no errors or anything in my code, and the program runs and works. However, when I only enter a value in one of the text fields to test the error message, it enters "0" in all of the text fields below it. How can I get it so that it leaves them blank?

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

public class PaintCalculator extends JFrame
{
    // declarations
    Color black = new Color(0, 0, 0);
    Color white = new Color(255, 255, 255);

    JLabel roomWidthJLabel;
    JTextField roomWidthJTextField;

    JLabel roomLengthJLabel;
    JTextField roomLengthJTextField;

    JLabel gallonQuantityJLabel;
    JTextField gallonQuantityJTextField;

   JLabel subTotalJLabel;
   JTextField subTotalJTextField;

   JLabel salesTaxJLabel;
    JTextField salesTaxJTextField;

   JLabel totalSalesJLabel;
    JTextField totalSalesJTextField;

    JButton enterJButton;
    JButton clearJButton;
   JButton closeJButton;

   DecimalFormat currency;

    double roomWidth;
    double roomLength;
    double gallonQuantity;
   double subTotal;
   double salesTax;
   double totalSales;
   double TAX_RATE;
   double roomArea;

      public PaintCalculator()
    {
            createUserInterface();
    }

    public void createUserInterface()
    {
        Container contentPane = getContentPane();
        contentPane.setBackground(Color.white);
        contentPane.setLayout(null);

        roomWidthJLabel = new JLabel();
        roomWidthJLabel.setBounds(50, 30, 200, 20);
        roomWidthJLabel.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
        roomWidthJLabel.setText("Enter width of room (Feet):");
        roomWidthJLabel.setForeground(black);
        roomWidthJLabel.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.LEFT);
        contentPane.add(roomWidthJLabel);

        roomWidthJTextField = new JTextField();
        roomWidthJTextField.setBounds(225, 30, 75, 20);
        roomWidthJTextField.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
        roomWidthJTextField.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
        roomWidthJTextField.setForeground(black);
        roomWidthJTextField.setBackground(white);
        roomWidthJTextField.setEditable(true);
        contentPane.add(roomWidthJTextField);

        roomLengthJLabel = new JLabel();
        roomLengthJLabel.setBounds(50, 60, 200, 20);
        roomLengthJLabel.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
        roomLengthJLabel.setText("Enter length of room (Feet):");
        roomLengthJLabel.setForeground(black);
        roomLengthJLabel.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.LEFT);
        contentPane.add(roomLengthJLabel);

        roomLengthJTextField = new JTextField();
        roomLengthJTextField.setBounds(225, 60, 75, 20);
        roomLengthJTextField.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
        roomLengthJTextField.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
        roomLengthJTextField.setForeground(black);
        roomLengthJTextField.setBackground(white);
        roomLengthJTextField.setEditable(true);
        contentPane.add(roomLengthJTextField);

      gallonQuantityJLabel = new JLabel();
        gallonQuantityJLabel.setBounds(50, 110, 200, 20);
        gallonQuantityJLabel.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
        gallonQuantityJLabel.setText("Number of Gallons");
        gallonQuantityJLabel.setForeground(black);
        gallonQuantityJLabel.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.LEFT);
        contentPane.add(gallonQuantityJLabel);

        gallonQuantityJTextField = new JTextField();
        gallonQuantityJTextField.setBounds(225, 110, 75, 20);
        gallonQuantityJTextField.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
        gallonQuantityJTextField.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
        gallonQuantityJTextField.setForeground(black);
        gallonQuantityJTextField.setBackground(white);
        gallonQuantityJTextField.setEditable(false);
        contentPane.add(gallonQuantityJTextField);

        subTotalJLabel = new JLabel();
        subTotalJLabel.setBounds(50, 140, 200, 20);
        subTotalJLabel.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
        subTotalJLabel.setText("Sub Total:");
        subTotalJLabel.setForeground(black);
        subTotalJLabel.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.LEFT);
        contentPane.add(subTotalJLabel);

        subTotalJTextField = new JTextField();
        subTotalJTextField.setBounds(225, 140, 75, 20);
        subTotalJTextField.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
        subTotalJTextField.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
        subTotalJTextField.setForeground(black);
        subTotalJTextField.setBackground(white);
        subTotalJTextField.setEditable(false);
        contentPane.add(subTotalJTextField);

      salesTaxJLabel = new JLabel();
        salesTaxJLabel.setBounds(50, 170, 200, 20);
        salesTaxJLabel.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
        salesTaxJLabel.setText("Sales Tax (7%):");
        salesTaxJLabel.setForeground(black);
        salesTaxJLabel.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.LEFT);
        contentPane.add(salesTaxJLabel);

        salesTaxJTextField = new JTextField();
        salesTaxJTextField.setBounds(225, 170, 75, 20);
        salesTaxJTextField.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
        salesTaxJTextField.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
        salesTaxJTextField.setForeground(black);
        salesTaxJTextField.setBackground(white);
        salesTaxJTextField.setEditable(false);
        contentPane.add(salesTaxJTextField);

      totalSalesJLabel = new JLabel();
        totalSalesJLabel.setBounds(50, 200, 200, 20);
        totalSalesJLabel.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
        totalSalesJLabel.setText("Total Sales:");
        totalSalesJLabel.setForeground(black);
        totalSalesJLabel.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.LEFT);
        contentPane.add(totalSalesJLabel);

        totalSalesJTextField = new JTextField();
        totalSalesJTextField.setBounds(225, 200, 75, 20);
        totalSalesJTextField.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
        totalSalesJTextField.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
        totalSalesJTextField.setForeground(black);
        totalSalesJTextField.setBackground(white);
        totalSalesJTextField.setEditable(false);
        contentPane.add(totalSalesJTextField);

      enterJButton = new JButton();
        enterJButton.setBounds(25, 300, 100, 20);
        enterJButton.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
        enterJButton.setText("Enter");
        enterJButton.setForeground(black);
        enterJButton.setBackground(white);
        contentPane.add(enterJButton);
        enterJButton.addActionListener(

         new ActionListener()
            {
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
                {
                    enterJButtonActionPerformed(event);
                }
            }
        );

      clearJButton = new JButton();
        clearJButton.setBounds(150, 300, 100, 20);
        clearJButton.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
        clearJButton.setText("Clear");
        clearJButton.setForeground(black);
        clearJButton.setBackground(white);
        contentPane.add(clearJButton);
        clearJButton.addActionListener(

            new ActionListener()
            {
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
                {
                    clearJButtonActionPerformed(event);
                }
            }
        );

      closeJButton = new JButton();
        closeJButton.setBounds(275, 300, 100, 20);
        closeJButton.setFont(new Font("Default", Font.PLAIN, 12));
        closeJButton.setText("Close");
        closeJButton.setForeground(black);
        closeJButton.setBackground(white);
        contentPane.add(closeJButton);
        closeJButton.addActionListener(

            new ActionListener()
            {
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
                {
                    closeJButtonActionPerformed(event);
                }
            }
        );

      setTitle("Paint Calculator");
        setSize(400, 400);
        setVisible(true);
    }

    // main method
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
            PaintCalculator application = new PaintCalculator();
            application.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    }

    public void enterJButtonActionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
    {
      getRoomWidthInput(); 
      currency = new DecimalFormat("$0.00");
      gallonQuantity = calculateGallonQuantity();
      gallonQuantityJTextField.setText("" + gallonQuantity);
      subTotal = calculateSubTotal();
      subTotalJTextField.setText("" + currency.format(subTotal));
      salesTax = calculateSalesTax();
      salesTaxJTextField.setText("" + currency.format(salesTax));
      totalSales = calculateTotalSales();
      totalSalesJTextField.setText("" + currency.format(totalSales));
    }


    public void getRoomWidthInput()
    {
        try
        {
            roomWidth = Integer.parseInt(roomWidthJTextField.getText());
            getRoomLengthInput();
        }
        catch(NumberFormatException exception)
        {
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this,
            "Please enter width of room!",
            "Number Format Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE );
            roomWidthJTextField.setText("");
            roomWidthJTextField.requestFocusInWindow();
        }
    }

    public void getRoomLengthInput()
    {
        try
        {
            roomLength = Integer.parseInt(roomLengthJTextField.getText());
            calculateTotalSales();
        }
        catch(NumberFormatException exception)
        {
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this,
            "Please enter length of room!",
            "Number Format Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE );
            roomLengthJTextField.setText("");
            roomLengthJTextField.requestFocusInWindow();
        } 

   }


    public double calculateGallonQuantity()
   {
      roomArea = roomWidth * roomLength;
      gallonQuantity = roomArea / 400;
      return gallonQuantity;
   }

   public double calculateSubTotal()
   {
      subTotal = gallonQuantity * 24.95;
      return subTotal;
   }

   public double calculateSalesTax()
   {
      TAX_RATE = .07;
      salesTax = subTotal * TAX_RATE;
      return salesTax;
   }

   public double calculateTotalSales()
    {
      totalSales = subTotal + salesTax;
      return totalSales;
    }

    public void clearJButtonActionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
    {
        roomWidthJTextField.setText("");
        roomWidthJTextField.requestFocusInWindow();
        roomLengthJTextField.setText("");
        gallonQuantityJTextField.setText("");
        subTotalJTextField.setText("");
        salesTaxJTextField.setText("");
        totalSalesJTextField.setText("");
    }
   public void closeJButtonActionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
   {
      System.exit(0);
   }
}

because you use instance variables in your calculations. if not provided, they have a default value of 0, which isn't changed in your further handling of the fields, so, your calculations lead to 0.

basically: what you end up with is this:

public double calculateGallonQuantity()
    {
    roomArea = roomWidth * roomLength;
    gallonQuantity = 0 / 400;
    return gallonQuantity;
    }

since either the value of roomWidth or the value of roomLength equals 0.

in your actionPerformed, either you should re-check whether the fields are filled, or, you should check the value of gallonQuantity, or you should throw an exception where you get the values of those fields if they're not filled in, which you can handle with a try catch in your actionperformed.

for instance:

public void getRoomWidthInput()
{
try
{
roomWidth = Integer.parseInt(roomWidthJTextField.getText());
getRoomLengthInput();
}
catch(NumberFormatException exception)
{
//JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this,
// "Please enter width of room!",
//"Number Format Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE );
roomWidthJTextField.setText("");
roomWidthJTextField.requestFocusInWindow();
throw new Exception("Please enter all mandatory fields"); 
}
}

and call it like

 public void enterJButtonActionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
{
try{
getRoomWidthInput();
currency = new DecimalFormat("$0.00");
gallonQuantity = calculateGallonQuantity();
gallonQuantityJTextField.setText("" + gallonQuantity);
subTotal = calculateSubTotal();
subTotalJTextField.setText("" + currency.format(subTotal));
salesTax = calculateSalesTax();
salesTaxJTextField.setText("" + currency.format(salesTax));
totalSales = calculateTotalSales();
totalSalesJTextField.setText("" + currency.format(totalSales));
}
catch(Exception inputException){
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this,
 inputException.getMessage(),
null, JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE );
}
}

you'll need to figure for yourself which solution matches your needs the best

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