urgent! investment calculation with GUI interface.........

for ui
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/
for event handling
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/events/index.html

Thank you for replying.
I have previously studied those sites but my concern is that  I am using breezySwing for:
1. responding to user events.                                
2. for all the methods for adding window objects to the ui.

I have not been able to apply the information from those sites to my situation because of the differences in Java Swing and Breezy Swing (which I have to use). Is this an issue or am I confused?

I feel like I am missing something simple but important.

Does my code look possible?
I appreciate your help, lauren

i dont know about breezy swing, sorry :(
this could help you
http://faculty.cs.wwu.edu/martin/Software%20Packages/BreezySwing/Default.htm

Thanks, I'll look over it. lauren

Thanks, it made sense.

I have come a long way since then (i think). :o)
Please look over my code and see if you see the two compile error issues (which are listed after the source code).
my most recent source code is as follows:

import javax.swing.*;
import BreezySwing.*;

  public class Mutualfund6 extends GBFrame{

              // variables for window objects

      private Label         initialprincipleLabel;
      private DoubleField   initialprincipleField;
      private Label              interestRateLabel;
      private IntegerField  interestRateField;
      private Label         yearsFundLabel;
      private DoubleField   yearsFundField;
      private Button              calculateButton;
    private TextArea      output;


               // instance variables
      private double earnedInterest;            // initial principle * interest rate
      private double yearEndPrinciple;    // initial principle + earned interests

               // constructor

  public Mutualfund6(){

                 // table header's line

  String  header = Format.justify('l', "Year", 12) +
                           Format.justify('r', "Principle", 15) +
                           Format.justify('r', "Interest rate", 18) + "\n";


                 // instantiate window objects


             initialPrincipleLabel = addLabel         ("Enter principle",1,1,1,1);
             initialPrincipleField = addDoubleField   (0,1,2,1,1);
             interestRateLabel     = addLabel         ("Interest Rate",2,1,1,1);
             interestRateField     = addInterestField (0,2,2,1,1);
             yearsFundLabel        = addLabel         ("Years Invested",3,1,1,1);
             yearsFundField        = addIntegerField  (0,3,2,1,1);
             calculateButton       = addButton        ("Calculate",4,1,1,1);
             yearEndPrincipleLabel = addLabel         ("Year end principle",5,1,1,1);
             outputField           = addTextArea      (header,4,1,4,4 );


      output.setEnabled(false);
      initialPrincipleField.requestFocus();
      interestRateField.requestFocus();
      yearsFundField.requestFocus();

      // initialize double fields to zero

      intialPrinciple = 0;
      interestRate = 0;
      yearsFund = 0;

}



  public void buttonClicked (JButton buttonObj){

            if (the calculate button is pressed)  {
                        processInputs()

            } else {
                  displayDashes()
                  displayNumbers (initialPrinciple, interestRate, yearsFund)
            }




      // read the inputs, compute the invest informatiom, display and format the year, principle, interest earned and the year end total


   private void processInputs(){

      //declare local variables

            double initialPrinciple;
            double interestRate;
            int yearsFund;
            double earnedInterest;
            double yearEndPrinciple;

            initialPrinciple = initialPrincipleField.getnumber();
            interestRate = interestRateField.getnumber();
        yearsFund = yearsFundField.getnumber();


        //calculate

        earnedInterest = (initialPrinciple * interestRate);
            yearEndPrinciple = (earnedInterest + initialPrinciple);



            displayNumbers (initialPrinciple, interestRate, yearsFund);


 }
   private void displayNumbers (double num1, double num2, int num3){
                        String dashLine = Format.justify('l', num1, 12) +
                                                     Format.justify('r', num2, 15, 2) +
                                                     Format.justify('r', num3, 18, 2) + "\n";
                                    output.append (numberLine + "\n");
}




      public static void main(String[] args){

                  Mutualfund6 theGUI = new Mutualfund6 ();
                  theGUI.setSize (200,300);            //width = 300, height = 300 in pixels
                  theGUI.setVisible (true);            //window is visible

      }
}






My compile errors are:    ..............................

C:\ex\Mutualfund6.java:64: ')' expected
            if (the calculate button is pressed)  {
                        ^
C:\ex\Mutualfund6.java:121: illegal start of expression
}



thanks for any and all help! lauren

if (the calculate button is pressed)  {

should be
if (buttonObj instanceof calculateButton)

public void buttonClicked (JButton buttonObj){

         if (buttonObj instanceof calculateButton)  {
                    processInputs();

          } else {
               displayDashes();
               displayNumbers (initialPrinciple, interestRate, yearsFund);
          }
}

you have posted same problem as another question

here is the code

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

import BreezyGUI.*;

  public class Mutualfund6 extends GBFrame{

             // variables for window objects

     private Label         initialprincipleLabel;
     private DoubleField   initialprincipleField;
     private Label            interestRateLabel;
     private IntegerField  interestRateField;
     private Label         yearsFundLabel;
     private DoubleField   yearsFundField;
     private Button            calculateButton;
     private Button            myButton;
    private TextArea      output;
    private Label yearEndPrincipleLabel;


              // instance variables
     private double earnedInterest;          // initial principle * interest rate
     private double yearEndPrinciple;    // initial principle + earned interests

              // constructor

     private double intialPrinciple = 0;
     private double interestRate = 0;
     private double yearsFund = 0;


  public Mutualfund6(){

               // table header's line

  String  header = Format.justify('l', "Year", 12) +
                        Format.justify('r', "Principle", 15) +
                       Format.justify('r', "Interest rate", 18) + "\n";


               // instantiate window objects


           initialprincipleLabel = addLabel         ("Enter principle",1,1,1,1);
           initialprincipleField = addDoubleField   (0,1,2,1,1);
           interestRateLabel     = addLabel         ("Interest Rate",2,1,1,1);
           interestRateField     = addIntegerField (0,2,2,1,1);
           yearsFundLabel        = addLabel         ("Years Invested",3,1,1,1);
           yearsFundField        = addDoubleField  (0,3,2,1,1);
           calculateButton       = addButton        ("Calculate",4,1,1,1);
           yearEndPrincipleLabel = addLabel         ("Year end principle",5,1,1,1);
           output           = addTextArea      (header,4,1,4,4 );
           myButton       = addButton        ("My Button",6,1,1,1);


     output.setEnabled(false);
     initialprincipleField.requestFocus();
     interestRateField.requestFocus();
     yearsFundField.requestFocus();

     // initialize double fields to zero

     intialPrinciple = 0;
     interestRate = 0;
     yearsFund = 0;

//     calculateButton.addActionListener(new GBFrameButtonListener(this));

}



  public void buttonClicked (Button buttonObj){

          if (buttonObj.equals(calculateButton)){
                    System.out.println("calculate button clicked :" );
            }else if(buttonObj.equals(myButton)){
                  System.out.println("my button clicked :");
            }
          /*if (buttonObj == calculateButton)  {
                    processInputs();

          } else {
               //displayDashes();
               //displayNumbers (initialPrinciple, interestRate, yearsFund);
          }*/
          processInputs();
      System.out.println("button clicked :" + buttonObj);
}


     // read the inputs, compute the invest informatiom, display and format the year, principle, interest earned and the year end total


   private void processInputs(){

     //declare local variables

          double initialPrinciple;
          double interestRate;
          double yearsFund;
          double earnedInterest;
          double yearEndPrinciple;

          initialPrinciple = initialprincipleField.getNumber();
          interestRate = interestRateField.getNumber();
        yearsFund = yearsFundField.getNumber();


        //calculate

        earnedInterest = (initialPrinciple * interestRate);
          yearEndPrinciple = (earnedInterest + initialPrinciple);



          displayNumbers (initialPrinciple, interestRate, yearsFund);


 }
   private void displayNumbers (double num1, double num2, double num3){
                    String dashLine = Format.justify('l', num1, 12, 2) +
                                              Format.justify('r', num2, 15, 2) +
                                             Format.justify('r', num3, 18, 2) + "\n";
                              output.append (dashLine + "\n");
}




     public static void main(String[] args){

               Mutualfund6 theGUI = new Mutualfund6 ();
               theGUI.setSize (200,300);          //width = 300, height = 300 in pixels
               theGUI.setVisible (true);          //window is visible

     }
}