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2. One at a time, select lines 40, 38, 24, and 20 and then press the DELETE
key to delete each line.
The TextPad coding window displays the program code, with the unneces-
sary code deleted (Figure 3-29).

FIGURE 3-29

Creating Swing Dialog Boxes

The Swing JOptionPane class provides many methods that make it easy for
programmers to display standard dialog boxes, including methods to show a
confirmation, input, or message dialog box. Table 3-11 shows the basic syntax
of any JOptionPane method. Table 3-12 displays some of the show methods
associated with the JOptionPane class of dialog boxes.

Table 3-11 JOptionPane Methods

General form: JOptionPane.method(arguments)

Purpose: To create a dialog box on the screen

Examples: 1. String answer = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("What is your name?");

2. JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "It's been a pleasure to serve
you", "Thank You Box", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
3. JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, "Please choose one", "Confirm
Box", JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION);