Thread: Simple Password checker into JOptionPane help!

So i have this source code...

package Homework1;
import java.util.Scanner; 
//I had to use scanner in this program because I had to create objects that were in the Scanner class, such as in row 16.
// The password is Tradd.
/**
* @author Tradd Edwin Specter*
* @version 1.69, 1 September 2014 *
* This program confirms a password typed into a *
* console window *
*/
 
public class Homework1
{ 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		//Needs to add a scanner to the program to continue on
		Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
 
		//The values are now set up. 
		int tries = 1;
		String password = "Tradd";
 
		//It tells the name of the program to the user.
		System.out.println("Password Checker");
		//Asks the user to insert their username which can be anything 
		System.out.println("Please enter a Username:");
 
		//takes the username from the keyboard
		String username = keyboard.next(); 
		//Once a username is put in, the program asks for a password
		System.out.println("Please enter your password:"); 
		String temp1 = keyboard.next();
		// if the password is correct, the user will be approved and the program will be terminated.
		if(temp1.equals(password)) 
		{
		System.out.println("You are approved by access control!"); 
		System.exit(0);
		}
		//If the password is incorrect then the program will allow the user another chance at getting the password correct.
		else
		{
			System.out.println("Try Again:");		
			}
 
		String temp2 = keyboard.next();
		//same as the first "if" in the program
		if (temp2.equals(password))
		{
			System.out.println("You are approved by access control!");
		}
		// If the user inputs the wrong password again, the program will tell them sorry then terminate the program.
		else
		{
			System.out.println("Sorry");
		}
		System.exit(0);
	}
}

Now I need to create a second version of this program that uses JOptionPane to get the inputs from the user and show the output! help!

Have you reviewed writing dialogs with JOptionPane? Once you've done that, replace the console I/O with JOptionPane dialogs. Pretty simple, really.

alright i did that and i think it is right! could you run it for me yourself and see if it is right?

package Homework1;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.util.Scanner; 
 
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
//I had to use scanner in this program because I had to create objects that were in the Scanner class, such as in row 16.
// The password is Tradd.
/**
* @author Tradd Edwin Specter*
* @version 1.69, 1 September 2014 *
* This program confirms a password typed into a *
* console window *
*/
 
public class JoptionPaneHW1
{ 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		//Needs to add a scanner to the program to continue on
		Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
 
		//The values are now set up. 
		int tries = 1;
		String password = "Tradd";
		Component frame = null;
		//It tells the name of the program to the user.
		JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "Password Checker");
		//Asks the user to insert their username which can be anything 
		JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "Please enter a Username:");
 
		//takes the username from the keyboard
		String username = keyboard.next(); 
		//Once a username is put in, the program asks for a password
		JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "Please enter your password:"); 
		String temp1 = keyboard.next();
		// if the password is correct, the user will be approved and the program will be terminated.
		if(temp1.equals(password)) 
		{
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "You are approved by access control!"); 
		System.exit(0);
		}
		//If the password is incorrect then the program will allow the user another chance at getting the password correct.
		else
		{
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "Try Again:");		
			}
 
		String temp2 = keyboard.next();
		//same as the first "if" in the program
		if (temp2.equals(password))
		{
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "You are approved by access control!");
		}
		// If the user inputs the wrong password again, the program will tell them sorry then terminate the program.
		else
		{
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "Sorry");
		}
		System.exit(0);
	}
}

Did you run it? Was input entered in a JOptionPane dialog? Is the Scanner object still needed?

I ran it and it came up as a dialog box but i also had to input my password and username into the console instead of the dialog boxes. How would i do without Scanner?

The JOptionPane dialogs can also be used to collect input. Keep reading that section.

alright this is what i have now....

package Homework1;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.util.Scanner; 
 
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
//I had to use scanner in this program because I had to create objects that were in the Scanner class, such as in row 16.
// The password is Tradd.
// had to import java.swing.JOptionPane to create the dialog boxes
/**
* @author Tradd Edwin Specter*
* @version 1.69, 1 September 2014 *
* This program confirms a password typed into a *
* console window *
*/
 
public class JoptionPaneHW1
{ 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		//Needs to add a scanner to the program to continue on
 
		Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
 
		//The values are now set up. 
		int tries = 1;
		String password = "Tradd";
		Component frame = null;
		//It tells the name of the program to the user.
		//created a component frame to be able to use a variable to make the dialog boxes
 
		String username1 = (String)JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
                frame,
                "Password Checker:\n"
                + "please enter your username:",
                "Customized Dialog",
                JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
 
 
		//Once a username is put in, the program asks for a password
		String password1 = (String)JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
                frame, "Please enter your password:",
                "Customized Dialog",
                JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
 
	     String showinputdialog = keyboard.next();
		// if the password is correct, the user will be approved and the program will be terminated.
		if(showinputdialog.equals(password)) 
		{
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "You are approved by access control!"); 
		System.exit(0);
		}
		//If the password is incorrect then the program will allow the user another chance at getting the password correct.
		else
		{
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "Try Again:");		
			}
 
		String temp2 = keyboard.next();
		//same as the first "if" in the program
		if (temp2.equals(password))
		{
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "You are approved by access control!");
		}
		// If the user inputs the wrong password again, the program will tell them sorry then terminate the program.
		else
		{
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "Sorry");
		}
		System.exit(0);
	}
}

The problem is that i can get to the dialog box that says please enter your password but then the program terminates for no reason even though i have if-else statements

Your current approach of asking the same question until you get a correct answer is not sustainable. How many times will you write the same code? Rather, if you want to repeat a section of code, it should be in a loop. This is the thought Ada was trying to develop in your previous thread. I believe you responded that the looping concept was beyond you at that point, but the general idea is:

boolean responseIncorrect = true;
while ( responseIncorrect )
{
    // ask the question, get the response here
 
    // if the response is correct, set responseIncorrect = false;
}