Adding JTextField to JLabel

Question

Hi All,
I already have a JButton and JLabel on the Frame.So when i press the button JTextField need to be added to JLabel.
JLabel.setLabelFor(JComponent c).Does this method work or is there any other way in doing this.??
Thanks in advance for all.
regards,
Viswanadh

Answer 1

Hi Cam,
I am posting now.Is it correct then its ok or else tell me how to do it,because i was not 100% sure of posting SSCCE.
public class VNVGenerator extends JFrame {
static public Hashtable<String, Integer> buffer_no_of_input_params = new Hashtable<String, Integer>();
static public Hashtable<String, Integer> buffer_return_type = new Hashtable<String, Integer>();
static public JComboBox functionbox=new JComboBox();
static Font style=new Font("Palatino Linotype", Font.BOLD | Font.PLAIN,14);
public JPanel settingsPanel;
public JLabel typeLabel,inparam,outparam,returnparam;
public JFrame vnvframe;
static{
           try{
                               File file = null;
                                 FileReader freader = null;
                                 LineNumberReader lnreader = null;
                      String parttoken[]=new String[4];                    
                               String nameidentitiy;
                         StringTokenizer tokenizer;
                               JFileChooser filetypechooser = new JFileChooser();
                                String currentdir = System.getProperty("user.dir");               
                            File dir = new File(currentdir);
            if (dir.isDirectory()) {
                                    File[] files = dir.listFiles();
                        for(int i = 0; i < files.length; i++)
                           nameidentitiy=filetypechooser.getTypeDescription(files);
          if((files[i].getName().toUpperCase().endsWith("TXT"))&&(files[i].getName().toLowerCase().startsWith("tmtv")))
                              freader = new FileReader(files[i].getName());
lnreader = new LineNumberReader(freader);
String line = "";
while ((line = lnreader.readLine()) != null)
tokenizer=new StringTokenizer(line);
                                             int tokens=tokenizer.countTokens();                    
                                             int nooftokens=0;
while ((nooftokens<tokens)&&(tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()))
                                                  parttoken[nooftokens]=tokenizer.nextToken();                                   
                                                       nooftokens++;
               functionbox.addItem(parttoken[1].toString());
               buffer_no_of_input_params.put(parttoken[1],new Integer(parttoken[2]));
               buffer_return_type.put(parttoken[1],new Integer(parttoken[3]));
               Integer value = (Integer) buffer_no_of_input_params.get(parttoken[1]);
               Integer returnvalue = (Integer) buffer_return_type.get(parttoken[1]);
                              catch(Exception e){
     e.getMessage();
public VNVGenerator(){
vnvframe=new JFrame("VNVAPI Test Window");
Border apiborder = BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.RED,1);               
          settingsPanel= new JPanel();
          settingsPanel.setBorder(
          BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(apiborder,"VNVAPI Manual Test Settings",TitledBorder.LEFT,TitledBorder.TOP,style,new Color(142,142,56)));
functionbox.addActionListener(new OnCallingRequiredFunction());               
inparam=new JLabel("In Param:");
settingsPanel.add(inparam);
vnvframe.getContentPane().add(settingsPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
class OnCallingRequiredFunction implements ActionListener{
     final JSeparator separator = new JSeparator();
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent selectEvent){
          JComboBox source = (JComboBox) selectEvent.getSource();
                         Object item= source.getSelectedItem();
                         item=item.toString().trim();
OnFetchingValueFromHashTable(item);
     public void OnFetchingValueFromHashTable(Object key){
          OnCreatingInputParametersTextFieldComponent(buffer_no_of_input_params.get(key));
     public void OnCreatingInputParametersTextFieldComponents(int inputparameters)
     GridBagConstraints constraints=new GridBagConstraints();
final int no = new Integer(inputparameters);
System.out.println("No of Parameters are:"+no);
for (int i = 0; i < no; i++) {
               inparam.add(new JTextField(2),constraints.HORIZONTAL );
settingsPanel.revalidate();// you may comment this out because next statement is pack()
public static void main(String args[])
          try {
               UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.motif.MotifLookAndFeel");
               new VNVGenerator();
               }catch(Exception e){
               e.getMessage();
regards,
Viswanadh