i have been trying to create a little java program that all it does is allow the user to select a txt file and then to print out the file to a printer,
below is the code : i have tried to compile it but i get the error main(String args[]) already defined in class, this code was working before i added in the top piece of code that allows the user to select a fie, also will what i am trying to do even work ? all i am trying to do is print to a printer the contents of a txt file then ill be done 🙂
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.font.*;
import java.awt.geom.*;
import java.awt.print.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class PrintText implements Printable {
// Below the code will allow the user to select a file and then print out the contents of the file
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
//selects the file
JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
chooser.showOpenDialog(null);
File file = chooser.getSelectedFile();
String filename = file.getName();
//System.out.println("You have selected: " + filename); testing to see if file seleected was right
String path = file.getAbsolutePath();
//Reads contents of file into terminal
//FileReader fr = new FileReader("filename");
// FileReader fr = new FileReader("D:/Documents/" + "filename"));
FileReader fr = new FileReader(path);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr);
String mText;
while((mText = br.readLine()) != null) {
//Displays the contents of the file in terminal
System.out.println(mText);
}
//fr.close();
}
//private static final String mText =
// "This is a test to see if this text will be printed "; //This works perfectly fine
private static final AttributedString mStyledText = new AttributedString(mText);
/**
* Print a single page containing some sample text.
*/
static public void main(String args[]) {
/* Get the representation of the current printer and
* the current print job.
*/
PrinterJob printerJob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
/* Build a book containing pairs of page painters (Printables)
* and PageFormats. This example has a single page containing
* text.
*/
Book book = new Book();
book.append(new PrintText(), new PageFormat());
/* Set the object to be printed (the Book) into the PrinterJob.
* Doing this before bringing up the print dialog allows the
* print dialog to correctly display the page range to be printed
* and to dissallow any print settings not appropriate for the
* pages to be printed.
*/
printerJob.setPageable(book);
/* Show the print dialog to the user. This is an optional step
* and need not be done if the application wants to perform
* 'quiet' printing. If the user cancels the print dialog then false
* is returned. If true is returned we go ahead and print.
*/
boolean doPrint = printerJob.printDialog();
if (doPrint) {
try {
printerJob.print();
} catch (PrinterException exception) {
System.err.println("Printing error: " + exception);
}
}
}
/**
* Print a page of text.
*/
public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat format, int pageIndex) {
/* We'll assume that Jav2D is available.
*/
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
/* Move the origin from the corner of the Paper to the corner
* of the imageable area.
*/
g2d.translate(format.getImageableX(), format.getImageableY());
/* Set the text color.
*/
g2d.setPaint(Color.black);
/* Use a LineBreakMeasurer instance to break our text into
* lines that fit the imageable area of the page.
*/
Point2D.Float pen = new Point2D.Float();
AttributedCharacterIterator charIterator = mStyledText.getIterator();
LineBreakMeasurer measurer = new LineBreakMeasurer(charIterator, g2d.getFontRenderContext());
float wrappingWidth = (float) format.getImageableWidth();
while (measurer.getPosition() < charIterator.getEndIndex()) {
TextLayout layout = measurer.nextLayout(wrappingWidth);
pen.y += layout.getAscent();
float dx = layout.isLeftToRight()? 0 : (wrappingWidth - layout.getAdvance());
layout.draw(g2d, pen.x + dx, pen.y);
pen.y += layout.getDescent() + layout.getLeading();
}
return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
}
}
Below is the renamed version, however i am getting a new error message : cannot find symbol variable mText
and highlighiting this line of code :
private static final AttributedString mStyledText = new AttributedString(mText);
improved code :
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.font.*;
import java.awt.geom.*;
import java.awt.print.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class PrintText implements Printable {
// Below the code will allow the user to select a file and then print out the contents of the file
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
//selects the file
JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
chooser.showOpenDialog(null);
File file = chooser.getSelectedFile();
String filename = file.getName();
//System.out.println("You have selected: " + filename); testing to see if file seleected was right
String path = file.getAbsolutePath();
//Reads contents of file into terminal
//FileReader fr = new FileReader("filename");
// FileReader fr = new FileReader("D:/Documents/" + "filename"));
FileReader fr = new FileReader(path);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr);
String mText;
while((mText = br.readLine()) != null) {
//Displays the contents of the file in terminal
System.out.println(mText);
}
//fr.close();
}
//private static final String mText =
// "This is a test to see if this text will be printed "; //This works perfectly fine
private static final AttributedString mStyledText = new AttributedString(mText);
/**
* Print a single page containing some sample text.
*/
static public void printer(String args[]) {
/* Get the representation of the current printer and
* the current print job.
*/
PrinterJob printerJob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
/* Build a book containing pairs of page painters (Printables)
* and PageFormats. This example has a single page containing
* text.
*/
Book book = new Book();
book.append(new PrintText(), new PageFormat());
/* Set the object to be printed (the Book) into the PrinterJob.
* Doing this before bringing up the print dialog allows the
* print dialog to correctly display the page range to be printed
* and to dissallow any print settings not appropriate for the
* pages to be printed.
*/
printerJob.setPageable(book);
/* Show the print dialog to the user. This is an optional step
* and need not be done if the application wants to perform
* 'quiet' printing. If the user cancels the print dialog then false
* is returned. If true is returned we go ahead and print.
*/
boolean doPrint = printerJob.printDialog();
if (doPrint) {
try {
printerJob.print();
} catch (PrinterException exception) {
System.err.println("Printing error: " + exception);
}
}
}
/**
* Print a page of text.
*/
public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat format, int pageIndex) {
/* We'll assume that Jav2D is available.
*/
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
/* Move the origin from the corner of the Paper to the corner
* of the imageable area.
*/
g2d.translate(format.getImageableX(), format.getImageableY());
/* Set the text color.
*/
g2d.setPaint(Color.black);
/* Use a LineBreakMeasurer instance to break our text into
* lines that fit the imageable area of the page.
*/
Point2D.Float pen = new Point2D.Float();
AttributedCharacterIterator charIterator = mStyledText.getIterator();
LineBreakMeasurer measurer = new LineBreakMeasurer(charIterator, g2d.getFontRenderContext());
float wrappingWidth = (float) format.getImageableWidth();
while (measurer.getPosition() < charIterator.getEndIndex()) {
TextLayout layout = measurer.nextLayout(wrappingWidth);
pen.y += layout.getAscent();
float dx = layout.isLeftToRight()? 0 : (wrappingWidth - layout.getAdvance());
layout.draw(g2d, pen.x + dx, pen.y);
pen.y += layout.getDescent() + layout.getLeading();
}
return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
}
}
This error is exactly what it says: you have two
main(String[])methods. You can only have one method with a given name and signature in each class. So you’ll have to fix your code in some way that makes that hold. (I.e. rename one of the methods, for starters.)