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+package view;
+
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.FlowLayout;
+import java.awt.Font;
+import java.awt.GridLayout;
+import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
+import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
+import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
+import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
+
+import javax.swing.JButton;
+import javax.swing.JFrame;
+import javax.swing.JLabel;
+import javax.swing.JPanel;
+
+public class DownSizeWindow {
+	private JFrame mainFrame;
+	private JLabel headerLabel;
+	private JLabel statusLabel;
+	private JPanel controlPanel;
+
+	public DownSizeWindow(){
+		prepareGUI();
+	}
+	public static void main(String[] args){
+		DownSizeWindow  DownSizeWindow = new DownSizeWindow();      
+		DownSizeWindow.showButtonDemo();
+	}
+	private void prepareGUI(){
+		mainFrame = new JFrame("Doodad");
+		mainFrame.getContentPane().setBackground(new Color(149, 32, 216));
+		mainFrame.setSize(400,250);
+		//need to set this to null and position everything manually
+		mainFrame.setLayout(new GridLayout(3, 1));
+		
+//		mainFrame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
+//			public void windowClosing(WindowEvent windowEvent){
+//				System.exit(0);
+//			}        
+//		});    
+		headerLabel = new JLabel("", JLabel.CENTER);      
+		headerLabel.setFont(headerLabel.getFont().deriveFont(Font.BOLD, 16f));
+		statusLabel = new JLabel("",JLabel.CENTER);    
+		statusLabel.setSize(350,100);
+
+		controlPanel = new JPanel();
+		controlPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
+		controlPanel.setBackground(new Color(149, 32, 216));
+
+		mainFrame.add(headerLabel);
+		mainFrame.add(controlPanel);
+		mainFrame.add(statusLabel);
+		mainFrame.setVisible(true);  
+	}
+
+	private void showButtonDemo(){
+		headerLabel.setText("Downsize"); 
+		statusLabel.setText("You lose 3 turns.");
+		//resources folder should be inside SWING folder.
+
+		JButton Downsize = new JButton("Downsize");    
+		//	      Downsize.setLayout(null);
+		//	      Downsize.setLocation(10,220);
+		Downsize.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
+			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
+				//run downsize update method 	 
+				System.exit(0);
+			}          
+		});
+
+		controlPanel.add(Downsize);
+		mainFrame.setVisible(true);  
+	}
+}