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setCurrentDirectory from a string?????

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Eric Lollathin

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setCurrentDirectory from a string????? Posted: Oct 17, 2008 10:00 AM
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Here is what I have:

private File defaultDirectory;

JFileChooser fcScholarNet = new JFileChooser(defaultDirectory);
fcScholarNet.showOpenDialog(StaffordLoanCompare .this);
File file = fcScholarNet.getSelectedFile();
defaultDirectory = fcScholarNet.getCurrentDirectory();
tfldScholarNetFile.setText(file.getPath());

Once the first file is picked I can set the default directory through .getCurrentDirectory() but how do I initialize or change my default/home directory to, for example: C:\Documents and Settings\ericl\Desktop

Thanks for the help?

Eric.


Jesper de Jong

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Registered: Jun, 2008

Re: setCurrentDirectory from a string????? Posted: Oct 23, 2008 6:46 AM
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You create a File object out of a string by simply using the constructor:
private File defaultDirectory = new File("C:\\Documents and Settings\\ericl\\Desktop");
Lookup the API documentation of class java.io.File.

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