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I'm working on a library that will translate all the hard-coded strings in swing.

I have, with some help, managed to find all the strings related to it, so that's a start. However, I have noticed that upon trying to rename a file in JFileChooser to a name that was already taken, I get an error dialog saying that I can't do that.

Was this Java, or was it Windows (OS on which the program was ran)?

If it was Java, I'd like to know more about how to customize such a JDialog, and if it was Windows, there's not much I can do, especially since the program is supposed to be cross-platform.

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    for better help sooner post an [SSCCE](http://sscce.org/) – mKorbel Nov 03 '12 at 18:34
  • [de de de deja vu ???](http://stackoverflow.com/a/12520992/714968) and is very look and feel sensitive, by default most important difference is betweens SystemLookAndFeel and on second side is rest of .. – mKorbel Nov 03 '12 at 18:50

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You can find the source code of your JDK in the directory you installed it in.

In the openJDK-7 implementation the String you are looking for is defined in the package com.sun.swing.internal.plaf.basic.resources and the file basic.java. The other files in this directory correspond to the different translations: basic_de.java, basic_es.java, ..., etc.

There are all the String constants that are used by the Swing classes.

Amongst them:

{ "FileChooser.renameErrorFileExists.textAndMnemonic", 
  "Cannot rename {0}: A file with the name you specified already exists. Specify a different file name." },

So you will have to find a way to override the Attribute FileChooser.renameErrorFileExists.textAndMnemonic to change this dialog.

If you want to translate these strings refer to this answer.

Different Java installations might have different Strings there since these Files are not part of the official Java API.

As far as I can tell these files are not contained in the src.zip that is distributed by Oracle.

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