Question

Updated to include the source code-- perhaps for inspiration.

Here's the question: How do I display 5 string variables in a window / gui-type display? - not sure how I should go about this..
- as my knowledge of swing/awt/javafx is limited.
But the goal seems simple enough- just not sure which commands to use.

Answer 1

I've developed a program that asks the user wether they would like to create a fortune cookie,
or draw a random fortune cookie.

All created fortune cookies are appended to a .txt document (new fortune cookies are added on)
via the File, PrintWriter, FileWriter classes.

If the user chooses to draw a random fortune cookie, it will extract a random one from the .txt
document, and extract that fortune cookie into 5 separate strings (one for each line).

Answer 2

If you care to know, the random number generator will pick a random number, and that number
will represent which numbered fortune will be extracted. Since the number of fortunes can
vary- the range of the random number generator is a function of how many lines there are in the
.txt document (1 fortune = 5 lines long).

With a simple enough algorithm, I can translate the random number into which numbered line
I should start reading the 5 lines from-
-And so I have a randomly picked fortune saved into 5 string variables.

cheers - woodrow73.

Answer 3

Source code for fortune cookie program:

Answer 4

Source code v2.0 includes different types of input validation: should be crash proof;

Answer 5

I did not go through all your code, but from the header part it looks like you are going th correct direction to display strings with swing.
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/javaexamples/gui_rectangle.htm