Add action to a button

Question

Hi everybody,
i�m a beginner programming JAVA. So i think the question will be so easy.
How can I add an action to a button created on a container???
i.e. i want that when pressing the button, a word document can be opened.
thank you very much in advance.

Answer 1

hi,
you need to add a listener to the button such as an actionlistener:
JButton button1 = new JButton();
button1.addActionListener(new buttonListener());
//  This should be an inner class
class buttonListener implements ActionListener() {
   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
     System.out.println("Event generated!");
}you an use an inner class to handle the event, pass the addActionlistener an object of the inner class, the inner class here should implement the actionlistener interface which has the actionPerformed method. You need a listener, best place to find one is the API.