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import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Font;

import javax.swing.JLabel;

public class NewJFrame extends javax.swing.JFrame {

    /** Creates new form NewJFrame */
    public NewJFrame() {
        initComponents();
    }

    /**
     * This method is called from within the constructor to initialize the form.
     * WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is always
     * regenerated by the Form Editor.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">
    private void initComponents() {

        inputScroll = new javax.swing.JScrollPane();
        input = new javax.swing.JTextArea();
        jScrollPane1 = new javax.swing.JScrollPane();
        update1 = new javax.swing.JTextArea();
        sendText = new javax.swing.JButton();
        toggleUser = new javax.swing.JComboBox();

        setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setName(""); // NOI18N

        input.setColumns(20);
        input.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Arial", 0, 12)); // NOI18N
        input.setLineWrap(true);
        input.setRows(5);
        input.setText("Enter Message");
        input.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder());
        input.setName("input"); // NOI18N
        inputScroll.setViewportView(input);

        update1.setColumns(20);
        update1.setRows(5);
        update1.setEditable(false);
        update1.setLineWrap(true);
        jScrollPane1.setViewportView(update1);

        sendText.setText("Submit");
        sendText.setName("send"); // NOI18N
        sendText.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                sendTextActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        toggleUser.setModel(new javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel(new String[] {
                "User 1", "User 2" }));

        javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(
                getContentPane());
        getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
        layout.setHorizontalGroup(layout
                .createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                .addGroup(
                        javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING,
                        layout.createSequentialGroup()
                                .addContainerGap(342, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                                .addComponent(sendText).addContainerGap())
                .addComponent(jScrollPane1,
                        javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 409,
                        Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .addComponent(inputScroll,
                        javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 409,
                        Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .addGroup(
                        javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING,
                        layout.createSequentialGroup()
                                .addContainerGap()
                                .addComponent(toggleUser,
                                        javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE,
                                        82,
                                        javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)));
        layout.setVerticalGroup(layout
                .createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                .addGroup(
                        javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING,
                        layout.createSequentialGroup()
                                .addComponent(jScrollPane1,
                                        javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE,
                                        305, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                                .addPreferredGap(
                                        javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
                                .addComponent(inputScroll,
                                        javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE,
                                        javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE,
                                        javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                                .addPreferredGap(
                                        javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                                .addComponent(toggleUser,
                                        javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE,
                                        javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE,
                                        javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                                .addPreferredGap(
                                        javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                                .addComponent(sendText)));

        sendText.getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleName("");

        pack();
    }// </editor-fold>

    private void sendTextActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {

        String timeStamp, temp;

        temp = input.getText() + "\n";
        timeStamp = susie.getTimeStamp().toString();
        if (toggleUser.getSelectedItem().equals("User 1")) {

            JLabel label = new JLabel("Image and Text", JLabel.CENTER);
            label = new JLabel("A label");
            label.setFont(new Font("Serif", Font.PLAIN, 14));
            label.setForeground(new Color(0xffffdd));
            label.setVerticalTextPosition(JLabel.BOTTOM);
            label.setHorizontalTextPosition(JLabel.CENTER);
            JLabel label2 = new JLabel("Text-Only Label");

            update1.setForeground(Color.red);
            update1.append("User 1 [" + timeStamp + "]: " + temp);
        } else if (toggleUser.getSelectedItem().equals("User 2")) {
            temp = input.getText() + "\n";
            timeStamp = susie.getTimeStamp().toString();
            update1.setForeground(Color.BLUE);
            update1.append("User 2 [" + timeStamp + "]: " + temp);
        }
    }

    /**
     * @param args
     *            the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        try {
            for (javax.swing.UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo info : javax.swing.UIManager
                    .getInstalledLookAndFeels()) {
                if ("Nimbus".equals(info.getName())) {
                    javax.swing.UIManager.setLookAndFeel(info.getClassName());
                    break;
                }
            }
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
            java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(NewJFrame.class.getName()).log(
                    java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (InstantiationException ex) {
            java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(NewJFrame.class.getName()).log(
                    java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
            java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(NewJFrame.class.getName()).log(
                    java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
            java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(NewJFrame.class.getName()).log(
                    java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }
        // </editor-fold>

        /* Create and display the form */
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

            public void run() {
                new NewJFrame().setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }

    // Variables declaration - do not modify
    private javax.swing.JTextArea input;
    private javax.swing.JScrollPane inputScroll;
    private javax.swing.JScrollPane jScrollPane1;
    private javax.swing.JButton sendText;
    private javax.swing.JComboBox toggleUser;
    private javax.swing.JTextArea update1;
    // End of variables declaration
}