Hiding tabbed panes-should be enabled only on certain event

Question

Hi,
I desperately need help. I'm still new to swings and thus need help.I'm writing an swing application where i have tabbed panes just like a tree i.e
main1,main2
under main1 have have another set of tabbed panes. Now i have to enable only the first pane and inside that pane there is a button which should enable the other pane and so forth. I just cannot figure how i should go about doing it. Any help is appreciated.
ashah

Answer 1

I tried doing that the new problem that i came across is that -
here is the sample of the code. This is on the similar lines like i have written the code
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class tabbedPaneDemo extends JPanel
JTabbedPane tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane();
JPanel panel1 = new JPanel();
JPanel mainPanel1 = new JPanel();
public tabbedPaneDemo()
Component panel1 = makePanel1();
tabbedPane.addTab("Panel1", panel1);
tabbedPane.setSelectedIndex(0);
setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 1));
add(tabbedPane);
Component makePanel1()
     JButton next = new JButton("Next");
     buttonListener listener = new buttonListener();
     next.addActionListener(listener);
     mainPanel1.add(next);
     return mainPanel1;
class buttonListener implements ActionListener
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
          if(e.getSource() == "Next")
               tabbedPane.removeTabAt(0);
               tabbedPane.addTab("Panel2",null,makePanel2());
               tabbedPane.setSelectedIndex(0);
               JButton next1 = new JButton("Next1");
               buttonListener listener = new buttonListener();
               next1.addActionListener(listener);
               panel1.add(next1);
          if(e.getSource() == "Next1")
               tabbedPane.setEnabledAt(0,false);
               tabbedPane.addTab("Panel3",null,makePanel3());
               tabbedPane.setSelectedIndex(1);
Component makePanel2()
     return panel1;
Component makePanel3()
     JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel();
     return mainPanel;
public static void main(String args[])
     tabbedPaneDemo demo = new tabbedPaneDemo();
     JPanel p = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
     p.add(demo,BorderLayout.NORTH);
     JFrame frame1 = new JFrame("TabbedPaneDemo");
     frame1.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
     public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
          System.exit(0);
     frame1.getContentPane().add(p, BorderLayout.CENTER);
     frame1.setSize(400, 125);
frame1.setVisible(true);
I know there is a very simple mistake that i'm making but i can't figure where.