no, what the fuck are you doing?
there is no return statement in:
private String ftmenusearch(String tmnumber){
System.out.println(tmnumber);
}
how the fuck is that going to return a string?
disregard, I've just looked at the whole code.
PROTIP: if there are huge chunks of code missing, say it.
did you tried debugging and looking at the value of FIELD1.getText()?
I pity the guy who wrote that. He spend possibly several years of his life, trying to learn something that would keep him fed throughout the rest of his life, but he didn't learn anything. He is completely useless now. That's a very depressing thought.