How to open up a html file with a File Chooser?

[m brown]

okay, basically i want a "viewer" application that will use a file chooser dialog to choose and display a html file.

so far i have this

 
   //setting up the application
 
   JTextPane tp = new JTextPane();
   JScrollPane js = new JScrollPane();
   js.getViewport().add(tp);
   JFrame jf = new JFrame();
   jf.getContentPane().add(js);
   jf.pack();
   jf.setSize(400,500);
   jf.setVisible(true); 
 
 
  //create a file string to read the selected file
 
  File fFile = new File (" ");
  fFile = fc.getSelectedFile ();
  
  try {
 
    URL url = new URL(fFile);
    
 
   
  tp.setPage(url);
  
    } 
    catch (Exception e) {
  
  e.printStackTrace();
  
    }
  
  }
   
 

now when i try to run this, i get a "cannot resolve symbol" error...

i dont know any other way to try and do this, any help would be appreciated.

[Carol Enderlin]

If you're getting a "cannot resolve symbol" error and want help, please include the rest of the error.

[Ben Wood]

Could be this line...

 fc.getSelectedFile (); 

Where is the identifier "fc" created? I'm assuming this is supposed to be some kind of file browser/chooser dialog object?

Take a look at FileDialog which might help you out...

 
FileDialog fd = new FileDialog(this, "Select a file to view", FileDialog.LOAD);
fd.show();
filePath = fd.getFile();
File f = new File(filePath);
 

[ March 30, 2005: Message edited by: Ben Wood ]

[m brown]

yes actually fc was a file chooser object that was created..ill try to use the file dialog that looks like what i was looking for.