Problems with InDesign CS5 reading EXIF data

Hi there - my first post.  Been searching all over for a solution but no one else seems to have this problem.
I'm trying to create a picture book using InDesign and have JPEG's loaded in direct from many cameras (HTC, Canon etc.)
I'm creating captions using either Live Caption or manually to show the description and exposure details.
InDesign can always read the caption and tags (if it's been set by Picasa in the IPTC tag) but it never shows the EXIF camera details - it just shows <No data from link>.   In the links section if you right click on the image and open XMP File Info you can see all the EXIF info is there.
Even dragging images from Bridge does not help.
The only way I can make InDesign read them is to get Adobe Bridge to modify the image by completing a random IPTC field.  Bridge won't let you modify EXIF, so presumably that does not get changed, so why that helps I do not know.
Is there any way to get InDesign to read EXIF's first off?
Thanks, Simon

It's been a long time since I looked at this.  While I was able to solve the problem using EXIFTOOL to process that JPEG files (and write XMP) I decided against including the metadata into the InDesign book as it would mean processing all my images, and having to remember to process any new photos I take.  Book is behind schedule so I cut it all out.
I changed the code that was submitted by John, and made the following .bat file that sits in the same folder as EXIFTOOL.  The .bat files contains:
%0\..\exiftool.exe -overwrite_original -TagsFromFile %* -@ exif2xmp.args %*
pause
In order for this to work, you need the exif2xmp.args file.  I didn't know where it was supposed to be located but put it in the same dir as EXIFTOOL and the bat file above and it worked.  I got the file somewhere from the EXIFTOOL website - think its in the full archive that they provide.
To use it, you can drag multiple files onto the .bat file in Windows and they are processed.  N.B. this overwrites the original photos, so make a backup if you are unsure.

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              GBC.gridy = 1;
              innertoppanel.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(220), GBC);
              OrderedDateLbl = new JLabel("Order Date");
              OrderedDateLbl.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10));
              OrderedDateLbl.setFont(font);
              OrderedDateLbl.setForeground(LblfontColor);
              GBC.gridx = 4;
              GBC.gridy = 1;
              innertoppanel.add(OrderedDateLbl, GBC);     
              //Get today's date
              Date todaydate = new Date();
              OrderedDateTxt = new JTextField(simpleDF.format(todaydate), 20);
              OrderedDateTxt.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
              OrderedDateTxt.setEditable(false);
              GBC.gridx = 5;
              GBC.gridy = 1;
              innertoppanel.add(OrderedDateTxt, GBC);
              CustOrderIDLbl = new JLabel("Customer Order ID");
              CustOrderIDLbl.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10));
              CustOrderIDLbl.setFont(font);
              CustOrderIDLbl.setForeground(LblfontColor);
              GBC.gridx = 1;
              GBC.gridy = 2;
              innertoppanel.add(CustOrderIDLbl, GBC);
              CustOrderIDTxt = new JTextField(20);
              CustOrderIDTxt.setEditable(false);
              GBC.gridx = 2;
              GBC.gridy = 2;
              innertoppanel.add(CustOrderIDTxt, GBC);
              return innertoppanel;
         public JPanel createInnerCenterPanel(){
              innercenterpanel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
              innercenterpanel.setBackground(TxtfontColor);
              innercenterpanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLoweredBevelBorder());
              GridBagConstraints GBC = new GridBagConstraints();
              GBC.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
              //Setting Font Type and Size
              Font font = new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 11);
              ItemNumberLbl = new JLabel("Item Number");
              ItemNumberLbl.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10));
              ItemNumberLbl.setFont(font);
              ItemNumberLbl.setForeground(LblfontColor);
              GBC.gridx = 1;
              GBC.gridy = 1;
              innercenterpanel.add(ItemNumberLbl, GBC);     
              ItemNumberTxt = new JTextField(20);
              GBC.gridx = 2;
              GBC.gridy = 1;
              innercenterpanel.add(ItemNumberTxt, GBC);
              UnitPriceLbl = new JLabel("Unit Price");
              UnitPriceLbl.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10));
              UnitPriceLbl.setFont(font);
              UnitPriceLbl.setForeground(LblfontColor);
              GBC.gridx = 1;
              GBC.gridy = 2;
              innercenterpanel.add(UnitPriceLbl, GBC);     
              UnitPriceTxt = new JTextField(20);
              //UnitPriceTxt.setEditable(false);
              GBC.gridx = 2;
              GBC.gridy = 2;
              innercenterpanel.add(UnitPriceTxt, GBC);
              QuantityReqLbl = new JLabel("Quantity Required");
              QuantityReqLbl.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10));
              QuantityReqLbl.setFont(font);
              QuantityReqLbl.setForeground(LblfontColor);
              GBC.gridx = 1;
              GBC.gridy = 3;
              innercenterpanel.add(QuantityReqLbl, GBC);     
              QuantityReqTxt = new JTextField(20);
              //QuantityReqTxt.setEditable(false);
              GBC.gridx = 2;
              GBC.gridy = 3;
              innercenterpanel.add(QuantityReqTxt, GBC);
              TotPriceLbl = new JLabel("Total Price");
              TotPriceLbl.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10));
              TotPriceLbl.setFont(font);
              TotPriceLbl.setForeground(LblfontColor);
              GBC.gridx = 1;
              GBC.gridy = 4;
              innercenterpanel.add(TotPriceLbl, GBC);     
              TotPriceTxt = new JTextField(20);
              //TotPriceTxt.setEditable(false);
              GBC.gridx = 2;
              GBC.gridy = 4;
              innercenterpanel.add(TotPriceTxt, GBC);
              return innercenterpanel;
         public JPanel createInnerBottomPanel(){
              innerbottompanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.RIGHT));
              innerbottompanel.setBackground(TxtfontColor);
              //Setting Font Type and Size
              Font font = new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 11);
              GrandTotLbl = new JLabel("Grand Total");
              GrandTotLbl.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10));
              GrandTotLbl.setFont(font);
              GrandTotLbl.setForeground(LblfontColor);
              innerbottompanel.add(GrandTotLbl);
              innerbottompanel.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(30));
              GrandTotTxt = new JTextField(20);
              innerbottompanel.add(GrandTotTxt);
              return innerbottompanel;
         public JPanel createInnerRightPanel(){
              innerrightpanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
              innerrightpanel.setBackground(TxtfontColor);
              innerrightpanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(navrightpanel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
              innerrightpanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLoweredBevelBorder());
              innerrightpanel.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());          
              GridBagConstraints GBC = new GridBagConstraints();
              GBC.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
              internalnextbtn = new JButton(createNextButtonIcon());
              GBC.gridx = 1;
              GBC.gridy = 1;
              internalnextbtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
                   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt){
                        //getInnerFieldText(currentItem);
                        internalprevbtn.setEnabled(true);
                        if(currentItem < MaxItems){
                             ++CurrentRecord;
                             //readOrder();
                             //readInnerOrderRecord(CurrentRecord);
                             setInnerFieldText(currentItem);
                             System.out.println(CurrentRecord);//Checking RECORD_NUM
                        if(currentItem == MaxItems){
                             internalnextbtn.setEnabled(false);
              innerrightpanel.add(internalnextbtn, GBC);
              return innerrightpanel;
         public JPanel createInnerLeftPanel(){
              innerleftpanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
              innerleftpanel.setBackground(TxtfontColor);
              innerleftpanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLoweredBevelBorder());
              innerleftpanel.setForeground(Color.BLACK);
              innerleftpanel.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());          
              GridBagConstraints GBC = new GridBagConstraints();
              GBC.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
              internalprevbtn = new JButton(createPreviousButtonIcon());
              GBC.gridx = 1;
              GBC.gridy = 1;
              internalprevbtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
                   public void  actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt){
                        //getInnerFieldText(currentItem);
                        internalnextbtn.setEnabled(true);
                        if(currentItem == 1){
                             internalprevbtn.setEnabled(false);
                        if(currentItem > 0){
                             --currentItem;
                             //readOrder();
                             setInnerFieldText(currentItem);
              innerleftpanel.add(internalprevbtn, GBC);
              return innerleftpanel;
         public JPanel createCustOrdDetailsButtons(){
              createbuttonpanel();
              buttonpanel.setBackground(TxtfontColor);
              externalprevbtn = new JButton(createPreviousButtonIcon());
              externalprevbtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
                   public void  actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt){
                        getFieldText(CurrentRecord);
                        externalnextbtn.setEnabled(true);
                        if(CurrentRecord == 1){
                             externalprevbtn.setEnabled(false);
                        if(CurrentRecord > 0){
                             --CurrentRecord;
                             setFieldText(CurrentRecord);
                             System.out.println(CurrentRecord);//Checking RECORD_NUM
              buttonpanel.add(externalprevbtn);
              addrecordbtn = new JButton("Add Record", createAddButtonIcon());
              addrecordbtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
                   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt){
                        try{
                             MaxRecord = readRecordNumber();
                             MaxRecord++;
                             writeRecordNumber(MaxRecord);
                             //--<BEGINNING>--Clear Fields-------------------------------------------------------//
                             CustIDTxt.setText("");
                             CustOrderIDTxt.setText(""+MaxRecord);
                             //Get today's date
                             Date todaydate = new Date();
                             OrderedDateTxt.setText(""+simpleDF.format(todaydate));
                             ItemNumberTxt.setText("");
                             UnitPriceTxt.setText("");
                             QuantityReqTxt.setText("");
                             TotPriceTxt.setText("");
                             GrandTotTxt.setText("");
                             //--<END>--Clear Fields-------------------------------------------------------------//
                             externalnextbtn.setEnabled(false);
                             externalprevbtn.setEnabled(true);
                             System.out.println(MaxRecord);
                        } catch(Exception ec){ec.printStackTrace();}
              buttonpanel.add(addrecordbtn);
              savebtn = new JButton("Save Data", createSaveButtonIcon());
              savebtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
                   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt){
                        setFieldText(CurrentRecord);
                        writeOrder();
                        writeRecordNumber(MaxRecord);
                        System.out.println(CurrentRecord);
                        System.out.println(MaxRecord);
              buttonpanel.add(savebtn);
              java.net.URL imageURL_AddRowIcon = CommonFeatures.class.getResource("Icons/edit_add.png");
              ImageIcon AddRowIcon = new ImageIcon(imageURL_AddRowIcon);
              additemreqbtn = new JButton("Add Item", AddRowIcon);
              additemreqbtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
                   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt){
                        try{
                             //--<BEGINNING>--Clear Fields-------------------------------------------------------//
                             ItemNumberTxt.setText("");
                             UnitPriceTxt.setText("");
                             QuantityReqTxt.setText("");
                             TotPriceTxt.setText("");
                             //--<END>--Clear Fields-------------------------------------------------------------//
                             //CurrentRecord = MaxRecord;
                             currentItem++;
                             setInnerFieldText(currentItem);
                             internalnextbtn.setEnabled(false);
                             internalprevbtn.setEnabled(true);
                             System.out.println(MaxRecord);
                        } catch(Exception ec){ec.printStackTrace();}
              buttonpanel.add(additemreqbtn);
              externalnextbtn = new JButton(createNextButtonIcon());
              externalnextbtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
                   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt){
                        getFieldText(CurrentRecord);
                        externalprevbtn.setEnabled(true);
                        if(CurrentRecord < MaxRecord){
                             ++CurrentRecord;
                             setFieldText(CurrentRecord);
                             System.out.println(CurrentRecord);//Checking RECORD_NUM
                        if(CurrentRecord == MaxRecord){
                             externalnextbtn.setEnabled(false);
              buttonpanel.add(externalnextbtn);
              return buttonpanel;
         //TODO
         public void setFieldText(int orderID){//TODO
              orderDetails[orderID].setCustID(Integer.parseInt(CustIDTxt.getText()));
              orderDetails[orderID].setCustOrderID(Integer.parseInt(CustOrderIDTxt.getText()));
              orderDetails[orderID].setOrderDate(OrderedDateTxt.getText());
              orderDetails[orderID].setInnerCustOrdObj(innerCustOrdObj);
              orderDetails[orderID].setMaxItems(MaxItems);
              setInnerFieldText(currentItem);
              orderDetails[orderID].setGrandTotal(Float.parseFloat(GrandTotTxt.getText()));
         public void setInnerFieldText(int currentItem){//TODO
              innerCustOrdObj[currentItem] = new InnerCustOrdObject();
              innerCustOrdObj[currentItem].setItemNumber(Integer.parseInt(ItemNumberTxt.getText()));
              innerCustOrdObj[currentItem].setUnitPrice(Float.parseFloat(UnitPriceTxt.getText()));
              innerCustOrdObj[currentItem].setQuantityRequired(Integer.parseInt(QuantityReqTxt.getText()));
              innerCustOrdObj[currentItem].setTotalPrice(Float.parseFloat(TotPriceTxt.getText()));
         public void getFieldText(int orderID){
              CustIDTxt.setText(Integer.toString(orderDetails[orderID].getCustID()));
              CustOrderIDTxt.setText(Integer.toString(orderDetails[orderID].getCustOrderID()));
              OrderedDateTxt.setText(""+orderDetails[orderID].getOrderDate());          
              currentItem = orderDetails[orderID].getMaxItems();
              System.err.println("currentItem" + currentItem);
              getInnerFieldText(currentItem);
              GrandTotTxt.setText(Float.toString(orderDetails[orderID].getGrandTotal()));
         public void getInnerFieldText(int currentItem){
              ItemNumberTxt.setText(Integer.toString(innerCustOrdObj[currentItem].getItemNumber()));
              UnitPriceTxt.setText(Float.toString(innerCustOrdObj[currentItem].getUnitPrice()));
              QuantityReqTxt.setText(Integer.toString(innerCustOrdObj[currentItem].getQuantityRequired()));
              TotPriceTxt.setText(Float.toString(innerCustOrdObj[currentItem].getTotalPrice()));
         public void writeOrder(){//TODO
              try {
                   objOut = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(OrderDetailsFile));
                   objOut.writeObject(orderDetails);
                   System.out.println("WORKING!");
                   objOut.flush();
                   objOut.close();
              } catch (IOException e) {
                   e.printStackTrace();
         public Object readOrder(){
              Object temporaryObj;
              try{
                   objIn = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(OrderDetailsFile));
                   temporaryObj = objIn.readObject();               
                   CustOrdObject[] blah = (CustOrdObject[]) temporaryObj;
                   System.out.println("Outer: "+blah[1].getCustID());
                   InnerCustOrdObject[] whee = blah[1].getInnerCustOrdObj();
                   System.out.println("Inner: "+whee[1].getItemNumber());
                   objIn.close();
                   System.out.println("Read Worky!");
                   return temporaryObj;
              }catch(Exception e){
                   e.printStackTrace();
                   System.out.println("Read No Worky!");
                   return null;
         public void writeRecordNumber(int MaxRecord){
              try{
                   objOut = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(OrdRecordNumStore));
                   objOut.writeObject(MaxRecord);
                   System.out.println("WORKING!");
                   objOut.flush();
                   objOut.close();
              }catch(Exception e){e.printStackTrace();}
         public int readRecordNumber() {
              try {
                   objIn = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(OrdRecordNumStore));
                   int temporaryObj = Integer.parseInt(objIn.readObject().toString());
                   objIn.close();
                   System.out.println("Read Number Worky!");
                   return temporaryObj;
              } catch (Exception e) {
                   e.printStackTrace();
                   System.out.println("Read Number No Worky!");
                   return -1;
    }Message was edited by:
    Kilik07
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    Kilik07

    ok i got reading to work to a certain extent... but the prob is i cnt seem to save my innerCustOrdObj proprly...when ever i look for a record using the gotorecordbtn, the outerobject, which is the orderDetails, seems to change but the innerCustOrdObj remains the same... heres the new code..
    public class CustomerOrderDetails extends CommonFeatures{
         //TODO
         private static int MAX_ORDERS = 200;
         private static int MAX_ORDERITEMS = 100;
         private static int MaxRecord;
         private static int CurrentRecord = 1;
         private static int currentItem;
         private static int MaxItems = 1;
         private static boolean FileExists, recFileExists;
         private static boolean RecordExists;
         private static CustOrdObject[] orderDetails = new CustOrdObject[MAX_ORDERS];
         private static InnerCustOrdObject[] innerCustOrdObj = new InnerCustOrdObject[MAX_ORDERITEMS];     
         private static File OrderDetailsFile = new File("CustOrdDetails.ser");
         private static File OrdRecordNumStore = new File("OrdRecordNumStore.txt");
         private static PrintWriter writeFile;
         private static BufferedReader readFile;
         private static ObjectOutputStream objOut;
         private static ObjectInputStream objIn;
         //Set format for date
         SimpleDateFormat simpleDF = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MM yyyy");
         //--<BEGINNING>--Declaring Interface Variables------------------------------------------//
         private JPanel innertoppanel, innercenterpanel, innerbottompanel, innerrightpanel, innerleftpanel;
         private JLabel CustIDLbl, CustOrderIDLbl, OrderedDateLbl, GrandTotLbl, ItemNumberLbl,UnitPriceLbl, QuantityReqLbl, TotPriceLbl;
         private JTextField CustIDTxt, CustOrderIDTxt, OrderedDateTxt, GrandTotTxt, ItemNumberTxt, UnitPriceTxt, QuantityReqTxt, TotPriceTxt;
         private JButton addrecordbtn, savebtn, externalprevbtn, externalnextbtn, internalprevbtn, internalnextbtn, gotorecordbtn, additemreqbtn;
         //--<END>--Declaring Interface Variables------------------------------------------------//
         public static void main(String[] args) {
              final CustomerOrderDetails COD = new CustomerOrderDetails();
              java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
                   public void run() {
                        try {
                             UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel");
                             COD.createCustOrdDetailsScreen();
                        } catch (Exception eb) {
                             eb.printStackTrace();
         //--<BEGINNING>--Creating CustomerOrderDetails Screen---------------------------------------//
         public JFrame createCustOrdDetailsScreen() {
              createDefaultFrame();
              mainframe.setSize(800,500);
              createContainerPanel();
              containerpanel.add(createCustOrdDetailsTitle(), BorderLayout.NORTH);
              containerpanel.add(createCustOrdDetailsMainPanel(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
              //containerpanel.add(createCustOrdDetailsLeftNavButtons(), BorderLayout.WEST);
              //containerpanel.add(createCustOrdDetailsRightNavButtons(), BorderLayout.EAST);
              containerpanel.add(createCustOrdDetailsButtons(), BorderLayout.SOUTH);
              mainframe.setContentPane(containerpanel);
              mainframe.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
              mainframe.setVisible(true);
              //--<BEGINNING>--Checks to see whether CRecordNumberStore file exists-------------------------------//
              if (OrdRecordNumStore.exists() == true) {
                   recFileExists = true;
              }else {
                   recFileExists = false;
              if (recFileExists == true) {
                   MaxRecord = readRecordNumber();
                   CurrentRecord = MaxRecord;
                   //readOrder();
                   //readInnerOrderRecord(CurrentRecord);
                   System.out.println("Current Record " +CurrentRecord);
                   System.out.println("Max Record " +MaxRecord);
              }else{
                   MaxRecord = 1;
                   writeRecordNumber(MaxRecord);
                   CustOrderIDTxt.setText(""+MaxRecord);
                   System.out.println("Current Record " +CurrentRecord);
                   System.out.println("Max Record " +MaxRecord);
              //--<END>--Checks to see whether CRecordNumberStore file exists--------------------------------------//
              if(readOrder() != null){
                   orderDetails = (CustOrdObject[]) readOrder();
                   //CurrentRecord--;
                   //System.out.println("Current Rec Here"+CurrentRecord);
                   if(orderDetails[CurrentRecord] == null){
                        System.err.println("CustomerOrderObj 1 is null !!");
                   }else{
                        System.err.println("CustomerOrderObj 1 is  not null !!");
                   if(orderDetails[CurrentRecord].getInnerCustOrdObj() == null){
                        System.err.println("InnerCustomerOrderObj is null !!");
                   }else{
                        System.err.println("InnerCustomerOrderObj is  not null !!");
                   innerCustOrdObj = orderDetails[CurrentRecord].getInnerCustOrdObj();
                   MaxItems = orderDetails[CurrentRecord].getMaxItems();
                   if(CurrentRecord > 1 && CurrentRecord < MaxRecord){
                        externalnextbtn.setEnabled(true);
                        externalprevbtn.setEnabled(true);
                   if(CurrentRecord >= MaxRecord){
                        externalnextbtn.setEnabled(false);
                   getFieldText(CurrentRecord);
                   getInnerFieldText(MaxItems);
              }else{
                   orderDetails[CurrentRecord] = new CustOrdObject();
                   currentItem = 1;
              return mainframe;
         //--<END>--Creating CustomerOrderDetails Screen---------------------------------------------//
         public JPanel createCustOrdDetailsTitle(){
              createTitlePanel();
              titlepanel.setBackground(TxtfontColor);
              label.setText("- Customer Order Details -");
              labelpanel.setBackground(TxtfontColor);
              label.setForeground(Color.white);
              createbuttonpanel();
              buttonpanel.setBackground(TxtfontColor) ;
              buttonpanel.add(createReturnToMainMenuButton());
              titlepanel.add(labelpanel, BorderLayout.WEST);
              titlepanel.add(buttonpanel, BorderLayout.EAST);
              return titlepanel;
         public JPanel createCustOrdDetailsMainPanel(){
              createmainpanel();
              mainpanel.setBackground(TxtfontColor);
              mainpanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());          
              mainpanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(""));
              mainpanel.add(createInnerTopPanel(), BorderLayout.NORTH);
              mainpanel.add(createInnerCenterPanel(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
              mainpanel.add(createInnerBottomPanel(), BorderLayout.SOUTH);
              mainpanel.add(createInnerRightPanel(), BorderLayout.EAST);
              mainpanel.add(createInnerLeftPanel(), BorderLayout.WEST);
              return mainpanel;
         public JPanel createInnerTopPanel(){
              innertoppanel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
              innertoppanel.setBackground(TxtfontColor);
              GridBagConstraints GBC = new GridBagConstraints();
              GBC.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
              //Setting Font Type and Size
              Font font = new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 11);
              CustIDLbl = new JLabel("Customer ID");
              CustIDLbl.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10));
              CustIDLbl.setFont(font);
              CustIDLbl.setForeground(LblfontColor);
              GBC.gridx = 1;
              GBC.gridy = 1;
              innertoppanel.add(CustIDLbl, GBC);     
              CustIDTxt = new JTextField(20);
              CustIDTxt.setEditable(true);
              GBC.gridx = 2;
              GBC.gridy = 1;
              innertoppanel.add(CustIDTxt, GBC);
              GBC.gridx = 3;
              GBC.gridy = 1;
              innertoppanel.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(220), GBC);
              OrderedDateLbl = new JLabel("Order Date");
              OrderedDateLbl.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10));
              OrderedDateLbl.setFont(font);
              OrderedDateLbl.setForeground(LblfontColor);
              GBC.gridx = 4;
              GBC.gridy = 1;
              innertoppanel.add(OrderedDateLbl, GBC);     
              //Get today's date
              Date todaydate = new Date();
              OrderedDateTxt = new JTextField(simpleDF.format(todaydate), 20);
              OrderedDateTxt.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.CENTER);
              OrderedDateTxt.setEditable(false);
              GBC.gridx = 5;
              GBC.gridy = 1;
              innertoppanel.add(OrderedDateTxt, GBC);
              CustOrderIDLbl = new JLabel("Customer Order ID");
              CustOrderIDLbl.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10));
              CustOrderIDLbl.setFont(font);
              CustOrderIDLbl.setForeground(LblfontColor);
              GBC.gridx = 1;
              GBC.gridy = 2;
              innertoppanel.add(CustOrderIDLbl, GBC);
              CustOrderIDTxt = new JTextField(20);
              //CustOrderIDTxt.setEditable(false);
              GBC.gridx = 2;
              GBC.gridy = 2;
              innertoppanel.add(CustOrderIDTxt, GBC);
              return innertoppanel;
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              innercenterpanel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
              innercenterpanel.setBackground(TxtfontColor);
              innercenterpanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLoweredBevelBorder());
              GridBagConstraints GBC = new GridBagConstraints();
              GBC.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
              //Setting Font Type and Size
              Font font = new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 11);
              ItemNumberLbl = new JLabel("Item Number");
              ItemNumberLbl.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10));
              ItemNumberLbl.setFont(font);
              ItemNumberLbl.setForeground(LblfontColor);
              GBC.gridx = 1;
              GBC.gridy = 1;
              innercenterpanel.add(ItemNumberLbl, GBC);     
              ItemNumberTxt = new JTextField(20);
              GBC.gridx = 2;
              GBC.gridy = 1;
              innercenterpanel.add(ItemNumberTxt, GBC);
              UnitPriceLbl = new JLabel("Unit Price");
              UnitPriceLbl.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10));
              UnitPriceLbl.setFont(font);
              UnitPriceLbl.setForeground(LblfontColor);
              GBC.gridx = 1;
              GBC.gridy = 2;
              innercenterpanel.add(UnitPriceLbl, GBC);     
              UnitPriceTxt = new JTextField(20);
              //UnitPriceTxt.setEditable(false);
              GBC.gridx = 2;
              GBC.gridy = 2;
              innercenterpanel.add(UnitPriceTxt, GBC);
              QuantityReqLbl = new JLabel("Quantity Required");
              QuantityReqLbl.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10));
              QuantityReqLbl.setFont(font);
              QuantityReqLbl.setForeground(LblfontColor);
              GBC.gridx = 1;
              GBC.gridy = 3;
              innercenterpanel.add(QuantityReqLbl, GBC);     
              QuantityReqTxt = new JTextField(20);
              //QuantityReqTxt.setEditable(false);
              GBC.gridx = 2;
              GBC.gridy = 3;
              innercenterpanel.add(QuantityReqTxt, GBC);
              TotPriceLbl = new JLabel("Total Price");
              TotPriceLbl.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10));
              TotPriceLbl.setFont(font);
              TotPriceLbl.setForeground(LblfontColor);
              GBC.gridx = 1;
              GBC.gridy = 4;
              innercenterpanel.add(TotPriceLbl, GBC);     
              TotPriceTxt = new JTextField(20);
              TotPriceTxt.setEditable(false);
              TotPriceTxt.addFocusListener(new FocusAdapter(){
                   public void focusGained(FocusEvent evt){
                        TotPriceTxt.setText(""+Integer.parseInt(UnitPriceTxt.getText())*Integer.parseInt(QuantityReqTxt.getText()));
              GBC.gridx = 2;
              GBC.gridy = 4;
              innercenterpanel.add(TotPriceTxt, GBC);
              return innercenterpanel;
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              innerbottompanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.RIGHT));
              innerbottompanel.setBackground(TxtfontColor);
              //Setting Font Type and Size
              Font font = new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 11);
              GrandTotLbl = new JLabel("Grand Total");
              GrandTotLbl.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10));
              GrandTotLbl.setFont(font);
              GrandTotLbl.setForeground(LblfontColor);
              innerbottompanel.add(GrandTotLbl);
              innerbottompanel.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(30));
              GrandTotTxt = new JTextField(20);
              innerbottompanel.add(GrandTotTxt);
              return innerbottompanel;
         public JPanel createInnerRightPanel(){
              innerrightpanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
              innerrightpanel.setBackground(TxtfontColor);
              innerrightpanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(navrightpanel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
              innerrightpanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLoweredBevelBorder());
              innerrightpanel.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());          
              GridBagConstraints GBC = new GridBagConstraints();
              GBC.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
              internalnextbtn = new JButton(createNextButtonIcon());
              GBC.gridx = 1;
              GBC.gridy = 1;
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                   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt){
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                        internalprevbtn.setEnabled(true);
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              GridBagConstraints GBC = new GridBagConstraints();
              GBC.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
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              GBC.gridy = 1;
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                   public void  actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt){
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              return innerleftpanel;
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                   public void  actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt){
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                             --CurrentRecord;
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                   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt){
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                             CurrentRecord = MaxRecord;
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                             innerCustOrdObj[MaxItems] = new InnerCustOrdObject();
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                             ItemNumberTxt.setText("");
                             UnitPriceTxt.setText("");
                             QuantityReqTxt.setText("");
                             TotPriceTxt.setText("");
                             GrandTotTxt.setText("");
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                             externalprevbtn.setEnabled(true);
                             System.out.println(MaxRecord);
                        } catch(Exception ec){ec.printStackTrace();}
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                   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt){
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                        System.out.println(MaxRecord);
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              java.net.URL imageURL_AddRowIcon = CommonFeatures.class.getResource("Icons/edit_add.png");
              ImageIcon AddRowIcon = new ImageIcon(imageURL_AddRowIcon);
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              additemreqbtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
                   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt){
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                             ItemNumberTxt.setText("");
                             UnitPriceTxt.setText("");
                             QuantityReqTxt.setText("");
                             TotPriceTxt.setText("");
                             //--<END>--Clear Fields-------------------------------------------------------------//
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                             internalprevbtn.setEnabled(true);
                        } catch(Exception ec){ec.printStackTrace();}
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              externalnextbtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
                   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt){
                        getFieldText(CurrentRecord);
                        externalprevbtn.setEnabled(true);
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                             setFieldText(CurrentRecord);
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              gotorecordbtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
                   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt){
                         * The text from the GotorecordTxt textfield will be taken and assigned
                         * to a temporary integer variable called Find. 
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                        for(int j=1; j <= MaxRecord; j++){
                              * Using a for loop, each record can be read using the readCustRecord
                              * method.
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                              * An if condition is utilized to check whether the temporary stored variable, Find,
                              * matches a field in a record. If this record is found, then using the RecordExists
                              * which was declared at the top, either a true or false statement can be assigned
                              * If the record exists, then a true statement will be assigned, if not a false
                              * statement will be assigned.
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                                  break;
                             }else{
                                  RecordExists = false;
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                              * displayed to show that the record does not exist.
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              return buttonpanel;
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         public void setFieldText(int orderID){//TODO
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              orderDetails[orderID].setCustOrderID(Integer.parseInt(CustOrderIDTxt.getText()));
              orderDetails[orderID].setOrderDate(OrderedDateTxt.getText());
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              innerCustOrdObj[currentItem].setTotalPrice(Float.parseFloat(TotPriceTxt.getText()));
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              CustOrderIDTxt.setText(Integer.toString(orderDetails[orderID].getCustOrderID()));
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              UnitPriceTxt.setText(Float.toString(innerCustOrdObj[currentItem].getUnitPrice()));
              QuantityReqTxt.setText(Integer.toString(innerCustOrdObj[currentItem].getQuantityRequired()));
              TotPriceTxt.setText(Float.toString(innerCustOrdObj[currentItem].getTotalPrice()));
         public void writeOrder(){//TODO
              try {
                   objOut = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(OrderDetailsFile));
                   objOut.writeObject(orderDetails);
                   System.out.println("WORKING!");
                   objOut.flush();
                   objOut.close();
              } catch (IOException e) {
                   e.printStackTrace();
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                   e.printStackTrace();
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              try{
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              } catch (Exception e) {
                   e.printStackTrace();
                   System.out.println("Read Number No Worky!");
                   return -1;
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