In Need Of Divine Intervention

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Anyone know the problem? i just started java bout 3 months ago and still a noob at it =(
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.List;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.imageio.stream.FileImageInputStream;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.filechooser.*;
public class PhotoAlbum extends JFrame
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  private JButton jbtnEditlabel , jbtnSavelabel,browse,cancel;
  // Text area for displaying and editing text files
     private JPanel jta,over;
     Image image;     
     SlidePanel slidePanel;     
     JComboBox slides;
     JFrame f;
     JFileChooser fileChooser;
  // Status label for displaying operation status
  private JLabel jlblStatus = new JLabel();
  // Scrolling
  private JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane();
  // File dialog box
  private JFileChooser jFileChooser = new JFileChooser();
  // Radio Buttons
  private JRadioButtonMenuItem jmiSlideshow , jmiThumbnail;
  //JPanels
  private JPanel head , body , low;
  /**Main method*/
  public static void main(String[] args)
       JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
    PhotoAlbum frame = new PhotoAlbum();
    frame.setSize(600, 300);
    frame.setVisible(true);
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
     frame.setLocationRelativeTo( null );
  public PhotoAlbum()
    setTitle("Photo Library");
    // Create a menu bar mb and attach to the frame
    JMenuBar mb = new JMenuBar();
    setJMenuBar(mb);
    // Add a "File","Help" and "View" menu in mb
    JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
    mb.add(fileMenu);
    JMenu viewMenu = new JMenu("View");
     mb.add(viewMenu);
     JMenu helpMenu = new JMenu("Help");
     mb.add(helpMenu);
          JPanel jta = new JPanel();
     //Setting a scrolling pane for jta
     jta.setOpaque( false );//making jta transparent
     jta.setPreferredSize( new Dimension(1200, 1200) );
    // Create and add menu items to the menu
    fileMenu.add(ttUpload = new JMenuItem("Upload"));
    fileMenu.add(jmiSave = new JMenuItem("Save"));
    fileMenu.addSeparator();
    fileMenu.add(jmiExit = new JMenuItem("Exit"));
    helpMenu.add(jmiAbout = new JMenuItem("About"));
//    group.add(jmiThumbnail);group.add(jmiSlideshow);
    viewMenu.add(jmiThumbnail = new JRadioButtonMenuItem("Thumbnail"));
    viewMenu.add(jmiSlideshow = new JRadioButtonMenuItem("Slideshow"));
    getContentPane().add(scrollPane);
     //  "Low Panel"with a white background and placing "jbtnEditlabel" into it
     low = new JPanel();
     low.setBackground(Color.white);
     low.add(jbtnEditlabel = new JButton("Edit Labels"));
     //  "Low Panel     
     body = new JPanel();
     jta.setBackground(Color.white);
     // Creating edit label button
     getContentPane().add(low, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    // Set default directory to the current directory
    jFileChooser.setCurrentDirectory(new File("."));
    // Set BorderLayout for the frame
    getContentPane().add(new JScrollPane(jta),BorderLayout.CENTER);
    getContentPane().add(jlblStatus, BorderLayout.NORTH);
    // Register listeners
    ttUpload.addActionListener(this);
    jmiSave.addActionListener(this);
    jmiAbout.addActionListener(this);
    jmiExit.addActionListener(this);
    jmiSlideshow.addActionListener(this);
    jmiThumbnail.addActionListener(this);
    jbtnEditlabel.addActionListener(this);
  /**Handle ActionEvent for menu items*/
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
    String actionCommand = e.getActionCommand();
    if (e.getSource() instanceof JMenuItem)
      if ("Upload".equals(actionCommand))
        upload();
      else if ("Save".equals(actionCommand))
        save();
      else if ("About".equals(actionCommand))
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this,"Insert Images using Upload or edit the labels of present images.",
        "About This Demo",JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
      else if ("Exit".equals(actionCommand))
        System.exit(0);
      else if ("Slideshow".equals(actionCommand))
        jmiSlideshow();       
      else if ("Thumbnail".equals(actionCommand))
        jmiThumbnail();
  /**Save file*/
  private void save()
    if (jFileChooser.showSaveDialog(this) == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION)
      save(jFileChooser.getSelectedFile());
  /**Save file with specified File instance*/
  private void save(File file)
    try
      // Write the text in jta to the specified file
      BufferedOutputStream out = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(file));
//      byte[] b = (jta.getText()).getBytes();
//      out.write(b, 0, b.length);
      out.close();
      // Display the status of the save file operation in jlblStatus
      jlblStatus.setText(file.getName()  + " Saved ");
    catch (IOException ex)
      jlblStatus.setText("Error saving " + file.getName());
     /**jmiSlideshow file*/
  private void jmiSlideshow()
  /**jmiThumbnail file*/
  private void jmiThumbnail()
        private void upload()
               /* Set title of frame to Upload File*/
               String frameTitle="Upload File";
               final JFrame upload= new JFrame(frameTitle);
               /* Creating "file" label / txtfield and uploadPanel */
               JPanel uploadPanel=new JPanel();
               JLabel xfile=new JLabel("File");
               JTextField input=new JTextField(20);
               /* Creating buttons and btm panel*/
               JPanel  buttonPanel=new JPanel();
               JButton jbtnCancel=new JButton("Cancel");
               JButton jbtnOk=new JButton("OK");
               JButton jbtnBrowse=new JButton("Browse");
               /* Adding buttons and txtfields into uploadPanel*/
               uploadPanel.add(xfile);
               uploadPanel.add(input);
               uploadPanel.add(jbtnBrowse);               
               uploadPanel.add(jbtnCancel);
               uploadPanel.add(jbtnOk);
               /* Adding uploadPanel into upload*/
               upload.getContentPane().add(uploadPanel);
               /* Set size/visibilty/ and close operations*/
               upload.setSize(550, 200);
               upload.setVisible(true);
               upload.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
               upload.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
                    public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
                         upload.setVisible(false);
               /* Adding listeners for the buttons in Upload()*/
               jbtnCancel.addActionListener(new jbtnCancelListener());          
               jbtnBrowse.addActionListener(new jbtnBrowseListener());
      /* Cancel button */
           class jbtnCancelListener implements ActionListener
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
               System.exit(0);
      /**Browse button*/
           class jbtnBrowseListener implements ActionListener
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
          if(fileChooser.showOpenDialog(f) == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION)
            File file = fileChooser.getSelectedFile();
                 if(hasValidExtension(file))
                Slide slide = new Slide(file);
                slides.addItem(slide);
                slides.setSelectedItem(slide);
                slidePanel.addImage(slide.getFile());
         public boolean hasValidExtension(File file)
             String[] okayExtensions = { "gif", "jpg", "png" };
             String path = file.getPath();
             String ext = path.substring(path.lastIndexOf(".") + 1).toLowerCase();
             for(int j = 0; j < okayExtensions.length; j++)
            if(ext.equals(okayExtensions[j]))
            return true;
             return false;
     class Slide
    File file;
    public Slide(File file)
        this.file = file;
    public File getFile()
        return file;
    public String toString()
        return file.getName();
class SlidePanel extends JPanel
    List<BufferedImage> images;
    int count;
    boolean keepRunning;
    Thread animator;
    public SlidePanel()
        images = Collections.synchronizedList(new ArrayList<BufferedImage>());
        count = 0;
        keepRunning = false;
        setBackground(Color.white);
    protected void paintComponent(Graphics g)
        super.paintComponent(g);
        int w = getWidth();
        int h = getHeight();
        if(images.size() > 0)
            BufferedImage image = images.get(count);
            int imageWidth = image.getWidth();
            int imageHeight = image.getHeight();
            int x = (w - imageWidth)/2;
            int y = (h - imageHeight)/2;
            g.drawImage(image, x, y, this);
    private Runnable animate = new Runnable()
        public void run()
            while(keepRunning)
                if(images.size() == 0)
                    stop();
                    break;
                count = (count + 1) % images.size();
                repaint();
                try
                    Thread.sleep(1000);
                catch(InterruptedException ie)
                    System.err.println("animate interrupt: " + ie.getMessage());
            repaint();
    public void start()
        if(!keepRunning)
            keepRunning = true;
            animator = new Thread(animate);
            animator.start();
    public void stop()
        if(keepRunning)
            keepRunning = false;
            animator = null;
    public void addImage(File file)
        try
            FileImageInputStream fiis = new FileImageInputStream(file);
            images.add(ImageIO.read(fiis));                             
        catch(FileNotFoundException fnfe)
            System.err.println("file: " + fnfe.getMessage());
        catch(IOException ioe)
            System.err.println("read: " + ioe.getMessage());
    public void removeImage(int index)
        images.remove(index);
}

not got time to look much but replace the System.exit(0) with this.dispose() will close the frame instead of closing the whole application.
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    Lee
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