WindowBuilder - beginner problem.

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I have a basic understanding of Java. However, GUI's are far out of my reportoire. I have a GUI with three textfields and a button. I want the user to enter two integers, one in each textfield, and press the button. The sum of the numbers will appear in the third textfield. I have no idea where to begin,

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int a = text_1;

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is seemingly no good here.

The text fields hold Strings. To do arithmetic with a String, convert it to a numeric data type by using a method in the Integer or Double class. Do the arithmetic and then convert the result to a String using a method in the String class and put that into the textfield.
See the API doc for each of the classes being used for the methods:
Java Platform SE 7

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Originally Posted by Norm

The text fields hold Strings. To do arithmetic with a String, convert it to a numeric data type by using a method in the Integer or Double class. Do the arithmetic and then convert the result to a String using a method in the String class and put that into the textfield.
See the API doc for each of the classes being used for the methods:
Java Platform SE 7

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I don't follow. How do I convert from Text to String, as Text is a new class? How do I make the program understand that it's not going to handle the textfield itself, but the string inside it?

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convert from Text to String

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What is Text? Is that a new class that you are writing? Or is it from the Java SE classes/interfaces?

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the string inside it?

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The TextField class has methods for accessing the String that is contains. See the API doc.