How to Open and Save using java

Question

I want to make an  Open  and  Save  dialog in java  An example of what I want is in the images below   Open     Save     How would I go about doing this

User · Answer

You may also want to consider the possibility of using SWT  another Java GUI library   Pros and cons of each are listed at   Java Desktop application  SWT vs  Swing

User · Answer

I would suggest looking into javax swing JFileChooser    Here is a site with some examples in using as both  Open  and  Save    http   www java2s com Code Java Swing-JFC DemonstrationofFiledialogboxes htm  This will be much less work than implementing for yourself

User · Answer

First off  you ll want to go through Oracle s tutorial to learn how to do basic I O in Java   After that  you will want to look at the tutorial on how to use a file chooser

User · Answer

You can find an introduction to file dialogs in the Java Tutorials  Java2s also has some example code

User · Answer

Maybe you could take a look at JFileChooser  which allow you to use native dialogs in one line of code

User · Answer

You want to use a JFileChooser object   It will open and be modal  and block in the thread that opened it until you choose a file   Open    JFileChooser fileChooser   new JFileChooser    if  fileChooser showOpenDialog modalToComponent     JFileChooser APPROVE OPTION      File file   fileChooser getSelectedFile         load from file     Save    JFileChooser fileChooser   new JFileChooser    if  fileChooser showSaveDialog modalToComponent     JFileChooser APPROVE OPTION      File file   fileChooser getSelectedFile         save to file     There are more options you can set to set the file name extension filter  or the current directory   See the API for the javax swing JFileChooser for details   There is also a page for  How to Use File Choosers  on Oracle s site   http   download oracle com javase tutorial uiswing components filechooser html

[java] How to "Open" and "Save" using java

Examples related to java

Examples related to swing

Examples related to jfilechooser