Small problem re: text entry

Hi all,
I am having a strange problem with some text fields I am using. It can't be a big problem though.
Basically, I am trying to take input from two text fields which are then used as parameters in a method when a button is clicked.
Ie:
private void loginBtnActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
String1 = jFormattedTextField1.getText();
String2 = jFormattedTextField2.getText();
Method.login(String1, String2);
private void jTextField1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
jFormattedTextField1.getText();
private void jTextField2ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
jFormattedTextField2.getText();
However, my button won't take the Strings that I type in. I have tried setting up BufferedReaders but this doesn't work either.
Can anyone help me here? I can't see what I'm doing wrong.

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