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Class com.ibm.beans.widgets.FileDialogWrapper

java.lang.Object
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public class FileDialogWrapper
extends Object
A wrapper class that resolves some of the limitations of the JavaSoft FileDialog class on Win32 (and possibly on other platforms). This class provides two static methods to allow callers to get a file or directory as selected by a user.


Constructor Index

 o FileDialogWrapper()

Method Index

 o getUserSelectedDirectory(Frame, String)
Displays a file dialog and returns the directory selected, if any.
 o getUserSelectedFile(Frame, String, String)
Displays a file dialog and returns the file selected, if any.

Constructors

 o FileDialogWrapper
 public FileDialogWrapper()

Methods

 o getUserSelectedFile
 public static String getUserSelectedFile(Frame parent,
                                          String initialDirectory,
                                          String initialFilespec)
Displays a file dialog and returns the file selected, if any.

Parameters:
parent - The Frame that is to own the file dialog.
initialDirectory - The initial directory displayed by the file dialog.
initialFilespec - The initial file specification displayed by the file dialog.
Returns:
A string indicating the selected file or null if no file selected.
See Also:
FileDialog
 o getUserSelectedDirectory
 public static String getUserSelectedDirectory(Frame parent,
                                               String initialDirectory)
Displays a file dialog and returns the directory selected, if any.

Parameters:
parent - The Frame that is to own the file dialog.
initialDirectory - The initial directory displayed by the file dialog.
Returns:
A string indicating the selected directory or null if no directory selected.
See Also:
FileDialog

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