jFileChooser

[Victor]

I made a File Chooser like this:

final JFileChooser fc = new JFileChooser();
fc.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY);
int retVal = fc.showDialog(Main.this, "Select America's Army Directory");

However, I need to save the retVal (return value) as a string so I can use it. Any ideas?

[G_Morgan]

The int returned is just a status flag. It tells you if the person clicked accept, cancel or if there was an error.

JFileChooser.showDialog()

Assuming you get JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION as the return type you can get the file from

JFileChooser.getSelectedFile()

Calling toString() on the returned file will give you the path you want.

[Victor]

Thank you, your advice was very helpful. But I still have 1 problem. When I ran the project after making some changes, it returned the name of the current folder. Ex. I was in My Documents and it only returned My Documents. Is there a way I can get the entire path? (Ex. 'C:/Documents and Settings/Victor/My Documents/')

final JFileChooser fc = new JFileChooser();
        fc.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY);
        int returnVal = fc.showDialog(Main.this, "Select America's Army Directory");
        if(returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
            String path = fc.getSelectedFile().getName();
            jTextField2.setText(path);
        }else{
         //Haven't filled in yet
        }

[G_Morgan]

Try
File.getAbsolutePath()

[Victor]

Thank you very much, worked perfectly!