problem connecting with sockets

[dexter195]

im creating a program to send text from one gui to another using sockets. ive got the server side program and the client side program. i can do this when i use the dos screens but when i try to do this using the gui i keep getting the error
"Connection refused: connect"
At the moment the server can only receive text and the client can only send it.

this is how ive set up the sockets in the server side program. am i declaring the sockets in the right place? ive tried to set it up where i set up the labels and text boxes etc. but that didnt work and i also tried to set the sockets up in the area where you add the components of the gui but that didnt work either.

Server side

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
Object target = e.getSource();

String senderText = "";
String receivedText = "";

BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));


try
{
//Setting up the sockets for the server to comunicate to the client
Socket client;
ServerSocket server = new ServerSocket(2000);

client = server.accept();
//setting up the input streams so the server can receive text
InputStream inputFromClient = client.getInputStream();
BufferedReader fromClient = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputFromClient));

String clientInput;

clientInput = fromClient.readLine();
taReceived.append("Received=> " + clientInput + "\n"

}//end try

catch (IOException except)
{
//taReceive is a 'text area' to show the received text
taReceived.append(except.getMessage() + "\n"
}



}


Client Side

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
Object target = e.getSource();

String senderText = "";
String receivedText = "";

BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));


try
{
InetAddress inet = InetAddress.getByName("localhost"
try
{
//setting up the inet address and socket number to use
Socket server1 = new Socket(inet, 2000);

//setting up the outputs streams so text can be sent to the
//server
OutputStream o = server1.getOutputStream();
PrintWriter p = new PrintWriter(o);

if (target == bSend)
{
//senderText is a string that stores the text thats to be sent
senderText = taSender.getText();

if(senderText.equals("&quot)
{
taReceived.append("Please enter some text.\n"
}

else if (senderText.equals("over&quot)
{
taReceived.append("Do you wish to close the program?\n"

String ans = taSender.getText();

if (ans.equals("yes&quot)
{
System.exit(0);
}
}//end else if

else
{
taReceived.append("Sender=> " + senderText + "\n"

p.println(senderText);
p.flush();
p.close();
}//end else


}//end if

}//end second try

catch (IOException except)
{
taReceived.append(except.getMessage() + "\n"
}



}//end first try

catch (UnknownHostException hostExcept)
{
System.out.println("Unknown Host &quot ;
hostExcept.printStackTrace();
}
}


Thanks for any help ye can give me
dex