Print job using Printing APIs

Question

Hi Gurus,
I find problem while implementing ActionListener when
I click the menuItem "print". It is supposed to
print the swing dialog containing a JTable.
I wrote following codes, it does not work.
Your pointers will be highly appreciated.
thanks,
Bilashi
Here is my code
file.add (item = new JMenuItem ("print"));
item.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent event) {
String actionCommand = event.getActionCommand();
if(actionCommand.equals("print")) {
_print();
static public void _print()
JFrame f = new JFrame();
PrinterJob job = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
//job.setPrintable(dialog);
//Book book = new Book();
//book.append(dialog, new PageFormat());
//job.setPrintable(book);
if(job.printDialog()) {
try {
job.print();
catch (Exception ex)
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(f, "Printing failed:\n"+ex.toString(),
"Print Error", JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE);
}//end if
}//end _print
static public void _print()
JFrame f = new JFrame();
PrinterJob job = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
//job.setPrintable(dialog);
//Book book = new Book();
//book.append(dialog, new PageFormat());
//job.setPrintable(book);
if(job.printDialog()) {
try {
job.print();
catch (Exception ex)
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(f, "Printing failed:\n"+ex.toString(),
"Print Error", JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE);
}//end if
}//end _print
my code

Answer 1

Hi Bilashi,
I haven't checked all of your code, but the first part contains an error. It should be either:
file.add (item = new JMenuItem ("print"));
//here is what you left out
item.setActionCommand("print");
item.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
     public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent event) {
          String actionCommand = event.getActionCommand();
          if(actionCommand.equals("print")) {
               _print();
OR
file.add (item = new JMenuItem ("print"));
item.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
     public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent event) {
          String text = event.getText();
          //change here
          if(text.equals("print")) {
               _print();
});Hope that helps,
Muel.