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This seems like a really dumb question
(but ill as it anyway)
The easiest way to describe it would just be to give you the
code:

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class WandGui extends Frame  {
     
     String wands[];
     Checkbox checkbox[];
     
     WandGui(String filename)  {

          super("Wand Selection");
         
          wands= getWandFile(filename);
         
         
          this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
          this.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
          Font labelFont= new Font("SansSerif",Font.PLAIN,14);
         
          Panel p1= new Panel();
          p1.setLayout(new GridLayout(0,1,10,10));
         
          CheckboxGroup checkbox_group= new CheckboxGroup();
          Checkbox[] checkbox= new Checkbox[wands.length];            
         
          Label label = new Label("Choose a wand from the List below:");
          label.setFont(labelFont);
          p1.add(label);
         
          for (int i=0;i<wands.length;i++)  {
               
               checkbox[i]= new Checkbox("Wand " + wands[i],checkbox_group,false);
               checkbox[i].setFont(labelFont);
               p1.add(checkbox[i]);
          }
         
          Panel p2= new Panel();
          p2.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER,10,10));
         
          ButtonListener buttonlistener= new ButtonListener();
         
          Button okbutton= new Button("OK");
          okbutton.addActionListener(buttonlistener);
          okbutton.setActionCommand("ok");
          p2.add(okbutton);
          Button cancelbutton= new Button("Cancel");
          cancelbutton.addActionListener(buttonlistener);
          cancelbutton.setActionCommand("cancel");
          p2.add(cancelbutton);
         
         
          this.add(BorderLayout.WEST,new Label("  "));
          this.add(BorderLayout.EAST,new Label("  "));
          this.add(BorderLayout.CENTER,p1);
          this.add(BorderLayout.SOUTH,p2);
         
         
     }
     
     
     public static void main(String args[])  {
         
          WandGui wg= new WandGui("file.txt");
          wg.pack();
          wg.setVisible(true);
     }
     
     
     private String[] getWandFile(String filename)  {
         
          String wands[]={"AAA","BBB","CCC","DDD","EEE","FFF"};
         
          return wands;
     }
     
     class ButtonListener implements ActionListener  {
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)  {
               if (e.getActionCommand().equals("ok"))  {  
                    System.out.println(checkbox);    //comes up as null here
                    for (int i=0;i<checkbox.length;i++)  {
                         System.out.println("STATE: " + checkbox[i].getState());
                         if (checkbox[i].getState())
                              System.out.println("Picking " + wands[i]);
                    }
               }
               System.exit(0);
          }
     }
}

Notice in the event code I try to access the checkboxes that I initialized in the constructor...
why doesnt it work? and what do I need to do differently?

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ARRGGGHHHHH
someone slap me  :)

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