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JFileChooser with options

Includes a filter and actions based on selection

Submitted By: William_Wilson
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Language: Java
Last Modified: May 5, 2006
Instructions: implement this with a filter, to learn it I am using the Text_files filter previously written

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  1. [code]
  2. //start path of displayed File Chooser
  3. JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser(".\\");
  4. //display FILES_ONLY, DIRECTORIES_ONLY or FILES_AND_DIRECTORIES
  5. chooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.FILES_AND_DIRECTORIES);
  6. //set the filter to be used
  7. chooser.setFileFilter(new Text_files());
  8. //display File Chooser and wait for action
  9. int returnVal = chooser.showOpenDialog(view);
  10. //OK/Open button pressed
  11. if (returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION){
  12.      File directory = chooser.getSelectedFile();
  13.      try{
  14.           //open and display the file with it's information stored in directory
  15.      }
  16.     catch(Exception except) {
  17.         //msg if opening fails
  18.         JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(view, "The File cannot be opened!",
  19.           "Information", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
  20.      }
  21. }
  22. [/code]

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DR490N5 2009-04-27 11:40:25

What import is needed for JFIleChooser? Would you use javax.swing.JComponent?
William_Wilson 2009-04-27 11:44:45

javax.swing.JFileChooser. documentation: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/javax/swing/JFileChooser.html
adiputra 2009-06-09 21:55:40

William_Wilson : thanks a lot, i'm very newbies with java. do you know? how to start java?

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