JFileChooser, FileDialog

[hema narayan]

i want that when i select a file from a specific location using JFileChooser then it must save the path of that file upto some location, so that next when i open JFileChooser Dialog to open some other file then i do not have to specify it the path of that file from the root, since they being in the same directory.
Same i want in the case of FileDialog also.
i hope that the problem is clear.
plz reply me soob
from hema

[Alex Ku]

For JFileChooser
JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
or
//set to the current directory
JFileChooser chooser =
new JFileChooser(System.getProperty("user.dir"));
Once the user selects a file, do the following

String path = chooser.getSelectedFile().getParent();
if (path != null)
    chooser.setCurrentDirectory(new File(path));

getParent() returns you a String while getParentFile() returns you a File object
For FileDialog
do following after the user selects a file
String dir = fd.getDirectory();
if (dir != null)
fd.setDirectory(dir);
[ January 24, 2002: Message edited by: kawaii desu ]

[Rashid Ali]

Thanks Kawaii that's detailed and good information.
Rashid

[hema narayan]

Thanks Kawaii
for your detailed and
well explained answer to my problem
hema

[suheel hussain]

Another easy way is to create JFileChooser at the start of application and keep this chooser until end of application.
public class blahblah {
private JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser;
// local public and private functions
} // end of application
since chooser has a class scope, it retains last selected directory/file information.