[RESOLVED] class to class

[Greyskull]

Hello all,

Back with another java problem but this time its not as complex as my previous ones (hopefully). I'm just wondering if i can run one Jframe to another just like in vb such as going from one form to another by hiding / destroying the previous one and showing the next one.

The only solution i could think of at the moment is to have one class containing the main method which will control everythin such as the following algorithm:

Main Class

-Run frame one
-dispose frame one
-run frame two
- dispose frame two

End of main

will this idea work?

Thanks in advance

[ComputerJy]

yes it should work if implemented correctly. But why do you need to show the first jframe, close it then show the other?

[Greyskull]

Thanks, ill give it a whiz after completing the 30 page documentation. Well im creating a letter recognition software which will consist of different stages and each stage will have its own GUI. Having different classes with different GUIs was the solution i came up with hence me wondering if this could actually work.

[Greyskull]

why do you need to show the first jframe, close it then show the other?

Is there another way i could do this? thanks in advance..

[ComputerJy]

I mean I've never seen an application do that. Only with a splash screen. Is that what you're doing?

[Greyskull]

kinda. what i wanted it to look like is similar to the way the first few screens on a game are shown: advertisements, sponsors, etc..but instead it will have the following sequence:

1st Frame: Get image from user - via webcam or browse from file
2nd Frame: Display image with analysed letters beside it along with buttons for accessibility (i.e reading the text for them)
3rd Frame: more functions, etc..

Any ideas on how to do this apart from that method?

[ComputerJy]

so I can call them JDialogs instead of frames, right?

showing them from the main menu is acceptable but a very great idea

[Greyskull]

you can if you wana but frames would still be more suitable imo newayz as i can add containers and components that can display the current output of the cam. nt sure whether u can do this with normal JDialogs though...

thanks

[ComputerJy]

you can. But that's not the problem now.

So did the way you suggested work? If not please show us some code

[Greyskull]

Havent done this yet, will try this out tomorrow as im finishing some of the documentation i have to do as well. but will defo inform ya on how it went, thanks

Greyskull

[Greyskull]

Yup it did work. Thanks for the time ComputerJy