Do I just remove the "extends Thread" from the class declaration?Yes that's a start. Remove the run method too
I would like to be able to start and stop the timer even though the time is not zeros.You can, but that would not generally be done from the actionPerformed method. You'd do that by exposing the Timer methods to the caller
I would equate the above response, if this is the one you are referring to, to someone from Europe landing in New York, asking directions to Salt Lake City and someone telling the "Go West."I don't actually accept that* but let's say for the sake of argument i do accept it.
I am now using the code posted in 38729602.So i told you to go west yet you decided to stay rooted to the spot - since the code is materially no different? Was that because you didn't know what 'go west' meant or that you didn't consider it to be in enough detail? Either way, what you should have done is not to post essentially the same code, but to ask for clarification.
If you have read the previous info I posted you will not the timer must be controlled by another computer sending start and stop commands over a lan.Why didn't you see fit to give that as a requirement in this question?
If you see any reason why it should not be done this way I would appreciate knowing.Yes. The only correct part of what you did was to remove the volatile ;)
... so the other methods could see the "t".What do you mean there exactly? Which other methods?
is wrong btw. You should adhere to best practice and use
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then you won't make that kind of error. Are you sure that's the code you're running btw?