Grid Layout

Question

I am unable to add 2 additional columns to this MemoSaver. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class MemoSaver2 extends JFrame implements ActionListener
public static final int WIDTH = 600;
public static final int HEIGHT = 300;
public static final int LINES = 10;
public static final int CHAR_PER_LINE = 40;
[b]private JTextArea theText;
private String memo1 = "No Memo 1.";
private String memo2 = "No Memo 2.";
private String memo3 = "No Memo 3.";
private String memo4 = "No Memo 4.";
public MemoSaver2()
setSize(WIDTH, HEIGHT);
WindowDestroyer listener = new WindowDestroyer();
addWindowListener(listener);
setTitle("Memo Saver");
Container contentPane = getContentPane();
contentPane.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 3));contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel();
buttonPanel.setBackground(Color.GRAY);
buttonPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
JButton memo1Button = new JButton("Save Memo 1");
memo1Button.addActionListener(this);
buttonPanel.add(memo1Button);
JButton memo2Button = new JButton("Save Memo 2");
memo2Button.addActionListener(this);
buttonPanel.add(memo2Button);
JButton clearButton = new JButton("Clear");
clearButton.addActionListener(this);
buttonPanel.add(clearButton);
JButton memo3Button = new JButton("Lisa Lopez");
memo3Button.addActionListener(this);
buttonPanel.add(memo3Button);
JButton get1Button = new JButton("Get Memo 1");
get1Button.addActionListener(this);
buttonPanel.add(get1Button);
JButton get2Button = new JButton("Get Memo 2");
get2Button.addActionListener(this);
buttonPanel.add(get2Button);
JButton get3Button = new JButton("Get Lisa Lopez");
get3Button.addActionListener(this);
buttonPanel.add(get3Button);
contentPane.add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
//contentPane.add(buttonPanel, GridLayout);
JPanel textPanel = new JPanel();
textPanel.setBackground(Color.BLUE);
theText = new JTextArea(LINES, CHAR_PER_LINE);
theText.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
textPanel.add(theText);
contentPane.add(textPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
String actionCommand = e.getActionCommand();
if (actionCommand.equals("Save Memo 1"))
memo1 = theText.getText();
theText.setText("Memo 1 saved.");
else if (actionCommand.equals("Save Memo 2"))
memo2 = theText.getText();
theText.setText("Memo 1 saved.");
else if (actionCommand.equals("Lisa Lopez"))
memo3 = theText.getText();
else if (actionCommand.equals("Clear"))
theText.setText("");
else if (actionCommand.equals("Get Memo 1"))
theText.setText(memo1);
else if (actionCommand.equals("Get Memo 2"))
theText.setText(memo2);
else
theText.setText("Error in memo interfact.");
public static void main(String[]args)
MemoSaver2 guiMemo = new MemoSaver2();
guiMemo.setVisible(true);
public class WindowDestroyer[b] extends WindowAdapter
     public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
     System.exit(0);

Answer 1

You haveContainer contentPane = getContentPane();
contentPane.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 3));
contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());which doesn't look right as the border layout will replace the grid layout.
Your attempt at formatting the code is appreciated, but the proper way of doing
it is to use the "code" tags, described here: http://forum.java.sun.com/help.jspa?sec=formatting
(Basically you put [code] at the start of your code and  at the end.)