From: Jake Alucard Date: 2010-09-26T09:36:53+09:00 Subject: Begginer needs help Hi i'm in a programming a class and i'm doing an assignment i've gotten it to work but one of the entries is messed up it takes the place of a diffrent one Here's the code require 'gtk2' window = Gtk::Window.new window.border_width = 10 window.title = "Future Value Investment Calculator" window.resize(450,200) convertButton = Gtk::Button.new("Convert") closeButton = Gtk::Button.new("Close") oink = Gtk::Image.new(Gdk::Pixbuf.new("piggybank.gif", 150, 200)) promptLabel = Gtk::Label.new("Enter amount invested in U.S Dollars:") tempEntry = Gtk::Entry.new promptLabel2 = Gtk::Label.new("Enter Rate of return as a decimal(e.g. enter 8% as .08):") tempEntry2 = Gtk::Entry.new promptLabel3 = Gtk::Label.new("Enter number of years the money will be invested:") tempEntry3 = Gtk::Entry.new resultLabel = Gtk::Label.new("") vbox1 = Gtk::VBox.new(false, 0) hbox1 = Gtk::HBox.new(false, 0) hbox2 = Gtk::HBox.new(false, 0) hbox1.pack_start(convertButton, true, false) hbox1.pack_start(closeButton, true, false) vbox1.pack_start(promptLabel, true, true) vbox1.pack_start(tempEntry, true, true) vbox1.pack_start(promptLabel2, true, true) vbox1.pack_start(tempEntry2, true, true) vbox1.pack_start(promptLabel3, true, true) vbox1.pack_start(tempEntry3, true, true) vbox1.pack_start(resultLabel, true, true) vbox1.pack_start(hbox1, true, true) hbox2.pack_start(vbox1, true, true) hbox2.pack_start(oink, true, true) window.add(hbox2) window.show_all convertButton.signal_connect("clicked") { dollars = tempEntry.text.to_f rate = tempEntry.text.to_f time = tempEntry.text.to_i fv = dollars*(1+rate)**time output= " In " + time.to_s + " years your investment will be worth " + fv.to_s resultLabel.set_label( output ) } closeButton.signal_connect("clicked") { Gtk.main_quit } window.signal_connect("destroy") { Gtk.main_quit } Gtk.main if u could help i would really appreciate it -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.