Reading information from TextAreas

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MacEgan - 17 Dec 2005 16:42 GMT

Hi I am new to Java (one week) and as such it is driving me mad.
I am trying to read the information out of a TextArea but I am getting
an AWI-eventQueue-0 exception. The code is as follows where test is a
TextArea. The reason it is cracking me up is that it works fine if I
use a TextField in its place.
String message;
message = this.test.getText().toString();

Anybody out their want to pull me back from the edge.
Anthony.

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zero - 17 Dec 2005 17:12 GMT

> Hi I am new to Java (one week) and as such it is driving me mad.
> I am trying to read the information out of a TextArea but I am getting

why TextArea and not JTextArea?

> an AWI-eventQueue-0 exception. The code is as follows where test is a

AWI-eventQueue-0 is not an exception. I'm not sure what it is actually.
What is the exact error message?

> TextArea. The reason it is cracking me up is that it works fine if I
> use a TextField in its place.
> String message;
> message = this.test.getText().toString();

Please show us the declaration or, even better, a short compilable example
(meaning we can copy the code and compile it without adding or changing
anything). Make it as short as possible without removing the error. It is
quite possible that merely making such a short example will help you find
the error.

Those two lines are correct, although:

1. you don't need "this", unless you need to resolve a naming conflict
2. TextArea:getText() returns a String, there's no need to call toString()
on it.

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Andrew Thompson - 17 Dec 2005 23:34 GMT

> Please show us the declaration or, even better, a short compilable example
> (meaning we can copy the code and compile it without adding or changing
> anything). Make it as short as possible without removing the error. It is
> quite possible that merely making such a short example will help you find
> the error.

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