Address Book Irritation

This is about as irritating as the mosquito buzzing around your head at night while you're trying to go to sleep. All the entries in my book are either first names or nic names but only one word. However there are 2 that continually change to first and last w/o any assist from me. I edit them and they show correctly but the next time I go to the book they are back to first and last. I don't have this problem with the same contacts in Hotmail or Gmail. Does anyone know what's going on here and better yet what I can do to fix the glitch?
Bob

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import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.io.*;
import java.lang.*;
* @created September 14, 2004
* This program uses a JFrame to manipulate data and form an
* address book. The user will be able to load data from a file,
* sort it by last name, print the address, phone number, and date
* of birth, print the names of people whos birthday are between 2
* dates, print the names of people between 2 last names, and/or
* print the names of different person types.
public class AddressBook extends JPanel implements ActionListener{
    JFrame frame;
    final int numButtons = 7;
    JRadioButton[] radioButtons = new JRadioButton[numButtons];
    JButton process = new JButton("Process Request");
    JLabel title;
    JTextArea output = new JTextArea(30,50);
    int MAX_ADDRESS_ENTRIES = 500;
    AddressBookEntry addressBookEntries[] =
        new AddressBookEntry[MAX_ADDRESS_ENTRIES];
    String FILE_NAME="AddressBook.txt";
    public AddressBook(JFrame frame){
        super(new BorderLayout());
        this.frame=frame;
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        choicePanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Choices" +
        " to choose from:"));
        title = new JLabel("<html><h2> Thank you for opening the " +
        "Address Book. " +
        "Please Press the \"Process Request\" " +
        "after making a choice.</h2></html>\n",JLabel.CENTER);
        title.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(20,20,20,20));
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        add(title, BorderLayout.NORTH);
        add(choicePanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        add(output, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
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        final String saveCommand = "Save";
        final String sortByLN = "Sort by Last Name";
        final String searchLNCommand = "Search By Last Name";
        final String printAPD = "Print address, phone number, and DOB";
        final String printNamesDOB = "Print names of people whose birthday" +
        " falls between 2 dates";
        final String printNamesLN = "Print names of people who fall" +
        " between 2 last names";
        final String printPType = "Print all family members, friends, or" +
        " business associates";
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        radioButtons[0] = new JRadioButton(
          "<html>Save the address file</html>");
        radioButtons[0].setActionCommand(saveCommand);
        radioButtons[1] = new JRadioButton(
          "<html>Sort the address file by last name</html>");
        radioButtons[1].setActionCommand(sortByLN);
        radioButtons[2] = new JRadioButton(
          "<html>Search the address file by last name</html>");
        radioButtons[2].setActionCommand(searchLNCommand);
        radioButtons[3] = new JRadioButton(
          "<html>Print the address, phone number, and DOB of a specified" +
          " person</html>");
        radioButtons[3].setActionCommand(printAPD);
        radioButtons[4] = new JRadioButton(
          "<html>Print the names of people whose birthday falls between" +
          " two dates</html>");
        radioButtons[4].setActionCommand(printNamesDOB);
        radioButtons[5] = new JRadioButton(
          "<html>Print the names of people who fall between two" +
          " specified last names</html>");
        radioButtons[5].setActionCommand(printNamesLN);
        radioButtons[6] = new JRadioButton(
          "<html>Print all family members, friends, <u>OR</u>" +
          " business associates</html>");
        radioButtons[6].setActionCommand(printPType);
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radioButtons[0].setSelected(true);
return createPane(radioButtons, process);
private JPanel createPane(JRadioButton[] radioButtons,
JButton showButton) {
int numChoices = radioButtons.length;
JPanel box = new JPanel();
box.setLayout(new BoxLayout(box, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
for (int i = 0; i < numChoices; i++) {
box.add(radioButtons[i]);
JPanel pane = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
pane.add(box, BorderLayout.NORTH);
pane.add(showButton, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
return pane;
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
String command = group.getSelection().getActionCommand();
//else if button pushed is save
if (command == saveCommand){
// save file
//else if button pushed is search by last name
else if (command == sortByLN){
// search by last name
//else if button pushed is sort by last name
else if (command == searchLNCommand){
// sort by last name
// print to screen
//else if button pushed is display address, ph#, dob
else if (command == printAPD){
// display "search by last name" dialog
// search last names
// if last name found
// print data
// else
// print error notification "person not found"
//else if button pushed is list names of people whose
//bday between 2 days
else if (command == printNamesDOB){
// ask for which dates
// search bday
// print to screen
//else if button pushed is print names of people between 2 last names
else if (command == printNamesDOB){
// ask for which two last names
// search last names
// if people found
// print to screen
//else
//print error notification "no one found"
//else if button pushed is print all family members, friends
//or business associates
else if (command == printPType){
//ask for what person type
//search person types
//if people found
//print to screen
//else print "no one found"
public void storeAddress(File addressFile){
     Scanner sc=null;
String lname,fname,street,city,state,zip,phone,persontype,bday;
try {
// Delimiters specifiy where to parse tokens in a scanner
sc = new Scanner(addressFile).useDelimiter("\\s*[\\p{,}*\\s+]\\s*");
catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
     JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this,"Could not open the file");
System.exit(-1);
for(int i=0; i<MAX_ADDRESS_ENTRIES; i++){
     while (sc.hasNext()) {
lname=(sc.next());
     if (!lname.equals("")){
     addressBookEntries[i].setLName()=lname;
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private extPerson address;
private String date;
private extPerson ExtPerson;
public class Person{
protected String lastName, firstName;
private String address;
private String city;
private String state;
private String zipcode;
private String homephone;
private String extPersonType;
private Date bday;
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-DD");
public String toString() {
return lastName+" "+firstName;
public void setLName(String last) {
lastName=last;
public void setFName(String first){
firstName=first;
public String getLastName() {
return lastName;
public String getFirstName() {
return lastName;
public Person() {
lastName="";
firstName="";
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city = town;
public String getCity(){
return city;
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state = st;
public String getState()
return state;
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zipcode = zip;
public String getZipCode(){
return zipcode;
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homephone = homeph;
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return homephone;
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return bday;
public void setBday(Date newBday) {
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return extPersonType;
public void setPBusiness(){
extPersonType = "Business Associate";
public void setPFamily(){
extPersonType = "Family Member";
public void setPFriend(){
extPersonType = "Friend";
public class extPerson extends Person{
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public String toString() {
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          return sb.toString();
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          String str;
          try {
          bf=new BufferedReader(new FileReader(new File(FILE_NAME)));
          str=bf.readLine();
          while (str!=null) {
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     catch (IOException e) {
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Ok, I have changed my code to reflect your suggested changes, but I'm still unsure how to use the findInLine you suggested.... This is all very new to me and I've been looking on the java website for suggestions, but I'm still stumped on how to pull this together. I'm unsure on how to set the lastname,firstname,etc. for retrieval...
Here's my code:
//ADDRESS BOOK
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.io.*;
import java.lang.*;
* @created September 14, 2004
* This program uses a JFrame to manipulate data and form an
* address book. The user will be able to load data from a file,
* sort it by last name, print the address, phone number, and date
* of birth, print the names of people whos birthday are between 2
* dates, print the names of people between 2 last names, and/or
* print the names of different person types.
public class AddressBook extends JPanel implements ActionListener{
    JFrame frame;
    final int numButtons = 7;
    JRadioButton[] radioButtons = new JRadioButton[numButtons];
    JButton process = new JButton("Process Request");
    JLabel title;
    JTextArea output = new JTextArea(30,50);
    int MAX_ADDRESS_ENTRIES = 500;
    AddressBookEntry addressBookEntries[] = new
    AddressBookEntry[MAX_ADDRESS_ENTRIES];
    public AddressBook(JFrame frame){
        super(new BorderLayout());
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        choicePanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Choices" +
        " to choose from:"));
        title = new JLabel("<html><h2> Thank you for opening the " +
        "Address Book. " +
        "Please Press the \"Process Request\" " +
        "after making a choice.</h2></html>\n",JLabel.CENTER);
        title.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(20,20,20,20));
        output.setEditable(false);
        add(title, BorderLayout.NORTH);
        add(choicePanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        add(output, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        final ButtonGroup group = new ButtonGroup();
        final String saveCommand = "Save";
        final String sortByLN = "Sort by Last Name";
        final String searchLNCommand = "Search By Last Name";
        final String printAPD = "Print address, phone number, and DOB";
        final String printNamesDOB = "Print names of people whose birthday" +
        " falls between 2 dates";
        final String printNamesLN = "Print names of people who fall" +
        " between 2 last names";
        final String printPType = "Print all family members, friends, or" +
        " business associates";
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          "<html>Save the address file</html>");
        radioButtons[0].setActionCommand(saveCommand);
        radioButtons[1] = new JRadioButton(
          "<html>Sort the address file by last name</html>");
        radioButtons[1].setActionCommand(sortByLN);
        radioButtons[2] = new JRadioButton(
          "<html>Search the address file by last name</html>");
        radioButtons[2].setActionCommand(searchLNCommand);
        radioButtons[3] = new JRadioButton(
          "<html>Print the address, phone number, and DOB of a specified" +
          " person</html>");
        radioButtons[3].setActionCommand(printAPD);
        radioButtons[4] = new JRadioButton(
          "<html>Print the names of people whose birthday falls between" +
          " two dates</html>");
        radioButtons[4].setActionCommand(printNamesDOB);
        radioButtons[5] = new JRadioButton(
          "<html>Print the names of people who fall between two" +
          " specified last names</html>");
        radioButtons[5].setActionCommand(printNamesLN);
        radioButtons[6] = new JRadioButton(
          "<html>Print all family members, friends, <u>OR</u>" +
          " business associates</html>");
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// print to screen
//else
//print error notification "no one found"
//else if button pushed is print all family members, friends
//or business associates
else if (command == printPType){
//ask for what person type
//search person types
//if people found
//print to screen
//else print "no one found"
public class AddressBookEntry{
private extPerson address;
private String date;
private extPerson ExtPerson;
* Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety,
* this method should be invoked from the
* event-dispatching thread.
public static void createAndShowGUI(){
JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
JDialog.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Address Book Program");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
Container c = frame.getContentPane();
c.add(new AddressBook(frame));
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
public static void main (String s[]){
//Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
//creating and showign this application's GUI
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
//PERSON
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.io.*;
import java.lang.*;
public class Person{
protected String lastName, firstName;
private String address;
private String city;
private String state;
private String zipcode;
private String homephone;
private String extPersonType;
private String bday;
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-DD");
public void parseString(String s) {
          try {
          lastName = s.substring(0,s.indexOf(","));
          firstName = s.substring(s.indexOf(",")+1);
address = s.substring(s.indexOf(",")+2);
city = s.substring(s.indexOf(",")+3);
state = s.substring(s.indexOf(",")+4);
zipcode = s.substring(s.indexOf(",")+5);
homephone = s.substring(s.indexOf(",")+6);
extPersonType = s.substring(s.indexOf(",")+7);
bday = s.substring(s.indexOf(",")+8);
catch(StringIndexOutOfBoundsException sbe) {
          JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Error " +
"in Person: Could not parse the line "+s);
public String toString() {
return lastName+","+firstName+","+address+","+city+","+
state+","+zipcode+","+homephone+","+bday+","+extPersonType;
public void setLName(String last) {
lastName=last;
public void setFName(String first){
firstName=first;
public String getLastName() {
return lastName;
public String getFirstName() {
return lastName;
public Person() {
lastName="";
firstName="";
public Person(String first, String last){
setLName(last);
setFName(first);
//Set the address and return it
public void setAddress( String addr ){
address = addr;
public String getAddress(){
return address;
//set the city and return it
public void setCity( String town ){
city = town;
public String getCity(){
return city;
//set the state and return it
public void setState( String st )
state = st;
public String getState()
return state;
//Set the zip code and return it
public void setZipCode( String zip ){
zipcode = zip;
public String getZipCode(){
return zipcode;
//Set the home phone and return it
public void setHomePhone( String homeph ){
homephone = homeph;
public String getHomePhone(){
return homephone;
//Set the bday and return it
public String getBday(){
return bday;
public void setBday(String newBday) {
bday = newBday;
dateFormat.format(bday);
//Set the extPerson type and return it
public String getPType(){
return extPersonType;
public void setPBusiness(){
extPersonType = "Business Associate";
public void setPFamily(){
extPersonType = "Family Member";
public void setPFriend(){
extPersonType = "Friend";
public Person(String data) {
parseString(data);
//EXTPERSON
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.io.*;
import java.lang.*;
//new clss extPerson
public class extPerson extends Person {
     int MAX_PEOPLE=500;
     BufferedReader bf;
String lname,fname,street,city,state,zip,phone,persontype,bday;
String FILE_NAME="AddressBook.txt";
public String toString() {
          StringBuffer sb=new StringBuffer();
          for (int i=0; i<nPeople; i++)
          sb=sb.append(group1[i]+"\n");
          return sb.toString();
     public void save() {
          try {
          PrintWriter pw=new PrintWriter(FILE_NAME);
          for (int i=0; i<nPeople; i++)
          pw.println(group1[i]+",");
          pw.close();
     catch (FileNotFoundException fne) {
               System.out.println("Could not Save "+FILE_NAME);
public extPerson() {
          group1=new extPerson[MAX_PEOPLE];
          nPeople=0;
     public boolean insert(String data) {
          if (nPeople<MAX_PEOPLE) {
          Person guy = new Person(data);
          group1[nPeople]=guy;
          nPeople++;
          return true;
     else {
     JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Error in People" +
"::insert: Max size reached.");
     return false;
Person group1[];
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we have a primary mobileme account which is now set up in icloud. we have a family pack with a secondary family member account set up for my wife's business email. This secondary account now also has its own icloud account that we set up. Works fine. The question is this - when my wife is logged in to her icloud secondary account and looking at her work-related emails, how can she access the addresses in the address book that is linked to the main icloud account? She is usually working from a PC so it's not a matter of just looking at the local copy of the address book. She needs to log out of the secondary icloud account, log in to the primary, look up the address, and then go back to the secondary account to send the email from her work email address. Too cumbersome. And icloud does not seem to like having two instances of icloud running at the same time on the same computer.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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