[Yves_]

Hello everbody,

I tried some stuff out used as basement the HelloWorld application. Because I am a beginner. What I tried to do it that you can enter your name hit "Check the Name!" and he should do if statements to give back messages. But something is going wrong I allways get the else never the if even if I am 100% sure that I typed it correct.

/**
 * HelloWorld.java
 * Copyright (C) 2001-2003 Research In Motion Limited. All rights reserved.
 */
package com.rim.samples.helloworld;

import net.rim.device.api.ui.*;
import net.rim.device.api.ui.component.*;
import net.rim.device.api.ui.container.*;
import net.rim.device.api.system.*;

/*
 * BlackBerry applications that provide a user interface
 * must extend UiApplication.
 */
public class HelloWorld extends UiApplication
{
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
                //create a new instance of the application
                //and start the application on the event thread
                HelloWorld theApp = new HelloWorld();
                theApp.enterEventDispatcher();
    }
        public HelloWorld()
        {
                //display a new screen
                pushScreen(new HelloWorldScreen());
        }
}

//create a new screen that extends MainScreen, which provides
//default standard behavior for BlackBerry applications
final class HelloWorldScreen extends MainScreen
{
    private EditField _edtField;
    private String name;
        public HelloWorldScreen()
        {

                //invoke the MainScreen constructor
                super();

                //add a title to the screen
                LabelField title = new LabelField("HelloWorld Sample", LabelField.ELLIPSIS
                                | LabelField.USE_ALL_WIDTH);
                setTitle(title);
                _edtField = new EditField();
                //add the text "Hello World!" to the screen
                add(new RichTextField("Ihr Name? / Your Name?"));
                add(_edtField);
        }

        //override the onClose() method to display a dialog box to the user
        //with "Goodbye!" when the application is closed
        public boolean onClose()
        {
            Dialog.alert("Bye!Bye!");
            System.exit(0);
            return true;
        }
        
        private MenuItem _closeItem = new MenuItem("Close", 200000, 10) {
                public void run()
                {
                        onClose();
                }
        };
        
        private MenuItem _viewItem = new MenuItem("Check the Name!", 110, 10) {
                public void run() {

                        //store the selected city in a variable
                        name = _edtField.getText();

                        //display a new screen with information about the
                        //selected city
                        if (name == "test")
                        {
                            Dialog.alert("test was entered");
                        }
                        else if (name == "blabla")
                        {
                            Dialog.alert("blabla was entered");
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            Dialog.alert("!"+name+"!");
                        }
                }
        };
        
        //Menü erstellen
        protected void makeMenu( Menu menu, int instance )
        {
                menu.add(_viewItem);
                menu.add(_closeItem);
        }
}

Thanks for your help,
Yves

[RemyJ]

You can't test for (name == "something") in Java.
Try (name.equals("something"))

[Yves_]

Thanks a lot RemyJ worked out flawlessly!