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Populating a JComboBox from a mdb database

I'm trying to populate a combo box from a mdb database. I feel I'm really close, but I keep getting the error " non-static variable jComboBox1 cannot be referenced from a static context"  Here is my code.  It errors on the line "jComboBox1.setModel(model);".  I'm not that proficient in Java programming, so a low-level explanation would be appreciated :)
/*
 * frmDelete.java
 *
 * Created on March 28, 2007, 4:25 PM
 */

/**
 *
 * @author  ehrstein
 */
import java.sql.*;
import javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel;
public class frmDelete extends javax.swing.JFrame {
   
    /** Creates new form frmDelete */
    public frmDelete() {
        initComponents();
       
    }
   
    /** This method is called from within the constructor to
     * initialize the form.
     * WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is
     * always regenerated by the Form Editor.
     */
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Code ">//GEN-BEGIN:initComponents
    private void initComponents() {
        jLabel13 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jLabel1 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        btnOK = new javax.swing.JButton();
        btnCancel = new javax.swing.JButton();
        jComboBox1 = new javax.swing.JComboBox();

        setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        jLabel13.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Papyrus", 1, 24));
        jLabel13.setHorizontalAlignment(javax.swing.SwingConstants.CENTER);
        jLabel13.setText("Delete Client");

        jLabel1.setText("Please select a client to delete:");

        btnOK.setText("OK");
        btnOK.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                btnOKActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        btnCancel.setText("Cancel");
        btnCancel.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                btnCancelActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout layout = new org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
        getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
        layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
            .add(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .add(layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
                    .add(jLabel13, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 268, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .add(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addContainerGap()
                        .add(jLabel1))
                    .add(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .add(48, 48, 48)
                        .add(btnOK, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 76, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                        .add(26, 26, 26)
                        .add(btnCancel, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 78, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                    .add(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addContainerGap()
                        .add(jComboBox1, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)))
                .addContainerGap(145, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );
        layout.setVerticalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
            .add(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .add(jLabel13)
                .addPreferredGap(org.jdesktop.layout.LayoutStyle.RELATED)
                .add(jLabel1)
                .addPreferredGap(org.jdesktop.layout.LayoutStyle.RELATED)
                .add(jComboBox1, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .add(145, 145, 145)
                .add(layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.BASELINE)
                    .add(btnCancel)
                    .add(btnOK))
                .addContainerGap(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );
        pack();
    }// </editor-fold>//GEN-END:initComponents

    private void btnOKActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {//GEN-FIRST:event_btnOKActionPerformed

    }//GEN-LAST:event_btnOKActionPerformed

    private void btnCancelActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {//GEN-FIRST:event_btnCancelActionPerformed
    this.setVisible(false);
    }//GEN-LAST:event_btnCancelActionPerformed
   
    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                new frmDelete().setVisible(true);
                try {//Start Try
             
//Database Path
String Db_Path = "C:\\sales.mdb";

//Create a connection
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:DRIVER=Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb);Dbq=" + Db_Path);
//Made it this far? Connection Open!
System.out.println("Connection Open!");

//Create SQL statement container.
Statement st = conn.createStatement();

//Create SQL code/query that SQL statement container is going to run against database.
String str_SQL = "SELECT [ClientName] FROM Client";

//Create an empty ResultSet and fill it up with SQL code/query results.
ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery(str_SQL);

//Create an empty DefaultComboBoxModel. Similar to ArrayList...
DefaultComboBoxModel model = new DefaultComboBoxModel();

//While there are still records to be added...
while (rs.next()){ //Start While
   
//...continue to fill up DefaultComboBoxModel, converting each record found to String.
model.addElement(rs.getObject(1).toString());

}//End While

//Once there are no more records to be added,
//...add results populated into DefaultComboBoxModel to jComboBox1.
jComboBox1.setModel(model);

//Close ResultSet.
rs.close();
//Close Statement container.
st.close();
//Close Connection.
conn.close();

} //End Try

catch (SQLException ex) {ex.printStackTrace();}

// End Button
    }
        });
    }

    // Variables declaration - do not modify//GEN-BEGIN:variables
    private javax.swing.JButton btnCancel;
    private javax.swing.JButton btnOK;
    private javax.swing.JComboBox jComboBox1;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel1;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel13;
    // End of variables declaration//GEN-END:variables
   
}

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Not sure exactly but a tutorial can be found here - it may help u
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/combobox.html
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I've actually already been to that web site and had no luck, but thanks for the quick response.  
Sorry then. I take it this has also been posted on the Java section. Looks like expertise in Swing is required
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