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Ed:

Outside of a handful of awt components, no component has a default
name.  You must explicitly set the name (and there is nothing that
prevents you from naming all of your widgets "fred").  If you want to
use getName(), make sure you use setName() as well.

-Rich

Ed wrote:
> 
> I have an applet with 5 checkboxes, and a text field.  I wanted the
> textbox to show which checkbox was clicked.  I first tried to get this
> the long way:
> 
> if ( e.getItemSelectable() == checkbox1 ) {
>       text1.setText( "Check Box 1 Clicked" );
> ...
> etc.
> 
> I then realized that I should be able to create a checkbox to hold the
> currently selected item:
> 
> public void itemStateChanged( ItemEvent e ) {
>   Checkbox hold;
> 
>     hold = (Checkbox) e.getItemSelectable();
>     text1.setText( hold.getLabel() + " was clicked." );
> }
> 
> This code worked fine.  I am having a problem when I ask for the
> components name:
>     hold = (Checkbox) e.getItemSelectable();
>     text1.setText( hold.getName() + " was clicked." );
> 
> This returns checkbox0 for the first checkbox clicked (doesn't matter
> which one is chosen first) and then checkbox1 for the next, and so on.
> 
> My question is (finally) why doesn't the getName() give me the
> "correct" answer.  The getLabel() works correctly.
> 
> Thanks
> Ed

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