Andrew,

Actually the code shows that myPanel2 is to be removed and myPanel3 to
be removed and replaced ....

have added the whole code below.

Cheers

Geoff

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;

import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JSlider;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;

class SocialGroup extends JFrame implements ChangeListener,
ActionListener {

private JSlider scale = new JSlider(-20, +20, 0);
private JLabel position = new JLabel("Set Position");
private JButton nxtButton = new JButton("Next");
private ImageIcon picIcon;
private JButton picButton;
private JPanel myPanel;
private JPanel myPanel2;
private JPanel myPanel3;
private static SocialGroup egg;
private Container contentArea;
private BorderLayout myLayout;
private JLabel sliderTextLhs;
private JLabel sliderTextRhs;
private static int textIndex = 0;
private static String[] textLhs =
{
"I would often be in this situation",
"I would often talk to a group of friends",
"I would not worry if I stuttered here",
"If I stuttered here I would know why",
"I would stutter mildy here",
"If I were to stutter here, my friends would not be able to tell",
"If I were to stutter here I would feel bad",
"If I were to stutter here, my group of friends would be
understanding"
};

private static String[] textRhs =
{
"I would hardly ever be in this situation",
"I would hardly ever talk to a group of friends",
"I would worry if I stuttered here",
"If I were to stutter here I would not know why",
"I would stutter severely here",
"If I were to stutter here, my group of friends would be able to
tell",
"If I were to stutter here I would not feel bad",
"If I were to stutter here, my group of friends would not be
understanding"
};
private int qnumber = 1;

public SocialGroup() {

 super("Slider");
 setSize(800, 600);
 setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 setVisible(true);

 contentArea = getContentPane();
 myLayout = new BorderLayout();
 contentArea.setLayout(myLayout);

 scale.addChangeListener(this);

 nxtButton.addActionListener(this);

 myPanel = new JPanel();
 myPanel.setBackground(Color.blue);
 picIcon = new ImageIcon("pic3.jpg");
 picButton = new JButton(picIcon);
 myPanel.add(picButton);

 myPanel2 = new JPanel();
 myPanel2.setBackground(Color.white);

 JLabel slidertextLhs = new JLabel(textLhs[textIndex]);
 JLabel slidertextRhs = new JLabel(textRhs[textIndex]);

 if (++textIndex == textLhs.length)
 textIndex = 0;
 
 myPanel2.add(slidertextLhs);
 myPanel2.add(scale);
 myPanel2.add(slidertextRhs);

 myPanel3 = new JPanel();
 myPanel3.setBackground(Color.white);

 myPanel3.add(nxtButton);

 contentArea.add(myPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
 contentArea.add(myPanel2, BorderLayout.CENTER);
 contentArea.add(myPanel3, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

 setContentPane(contentArea);

}

public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent event) {
 JSlider src = (JSlider) event.getSource();
 if (!src.getValueIsAdjusting())
  position.setText("Position is " + scale.getValue());
}

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
 Object source = event.getSource();
 if (source == nxtButton) {
  tofile();
 }

 contentArea.remove(myPanel2);

 myPanel2 = new JPanel();
 myPanel2.setBackground(Color.white);
 sliderTextLhs = new JLabel(textLhs[textIndex]);
 scale = new JSlider(-20,+20,0);
 sliderTextRhs = new JLabel(textRhs[textIndex]);
 if (++textIndex == textLhs.length)
 textIndex = 0;
 myPanel2.add(sliderTextLhs);
 myPanel2.add(scale);
 myPanel2.add(sliderTextRhs);
 contentArea.add(myPanel2, BorderLayout.CENTER);
 setContentPane(contentArea);
 contentArea.setVisible(true);

}

public void tofile() {
 try {
  FileWriter outfile = new FileWriter("data.txt", true);
  PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(outfile);
  pw.print("question "+qnumber+": ");
  ++qnumber;
  pw.println(scale.getValue());
  pw.close();
 } catch (IOException e) {
  System.out.println(e);
 }

  if (textIndex == 0)

 {
 contentArea.remove(myPanel2);

 contentArea.remove(myPanel3);
 myPanel3 = new JPanel();
 myPanel3.setBackground(Color.white);
 
 JLabel endMessage = new JLabel("Thank you - all questions
answered");

 myPanel3.add(endMessage);
 contentArea.add(myPanel3, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

 setContentPane(contentArea);
 contentArea.setVisible(true);

}

//  System.out.println("tofile incr "+textIndex);

}

public static void main(String[] args) {
 egg = new SocialGroup();
}
}