Writing an application to access local file system

[Anonymous]

Hi all,
I was asked to write a desktop application to access a local file system and to be able to return the path of a selected directory. Does anyone have any idea how i can do this?

[Cindy Glass]

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Check out this thread on directory selection:
http://www.javaranch.com/ubb/Forum33/HTML/001305.html
Thanks.

[Brian Snyder]

I was fooling around with this. Check out my code. It asscess the native enironment:

import java.awt.*;
public class FD extends Frame{
FileDialog fram;
public FD() {
fram = new FileDialog(this);
fram.setDirectory("javas");
fram.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String args[])
{
System.out.println("Starting App");
FD f = new FD();
f.setSize(700,500);
f.show();
}
}

[Brian Snyder]

I just reread your question. I don't think this answers it. The below cose only allows you to open a file.

Originally posted by Brian Snyder:
[B]I was fooling around with this. Check out my code. It asscess the native enironment:

import java.awt.*;
public class FD extends Frame{
FileDialog fram;
public FD() {
fram = new FileDialog(this);
fram.setDirectory("javas");
fram.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String args[])
{
System.out.println("Starting App");
FD f = new FD();
f.setSize(700,500);
f.show();
}
}

[/B]