FileChooser getAttachement only from this Folder

Question

How to make the user to select the file from only specified folder

int returnVal = fc.showOpenDialog(FileChooser.this);

if (returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
    File file = fc.getSelectedFile();
    source = file.getAbsolutePath();
    fileName = file.getName();
    attachText.setText(fileName);
    source = source.replace("\\","\\\\");                
}

Here I will get the file from any folder, where I want the file only from G:\Project\Attachments. How Can i do this?

`FileChooser.this` what is that? – Nikolay Kuznetsov Mar 14 '13 at 15:52 — Nikolay Kuznetsov, Mar 14 '13 at 15:52

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 14 '13 at 15:57

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You can pass the directory in the constructor:

JFileChooser filechooser = new JFileChooser(theDirectory);

or set it

filechooser.setCurrentDirectory(theDirectory);

in your case the directory is:

File theDirectory = new File("G:\\Project\\Attachments");

answered Mar 14 '13 at 15:57

Alexi Akl

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@vijay this would allow user to go out of directory and select other file. – Nikolay Kuznetsov Mar 14 '13 at 16:40

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 14 '13 at 15:57

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File dir = new File("G:\\Project\\Attachments");
FileSystemView fsv = new SingleRootFileSystemView(dir);
JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser(fsv);
int returnVal = fc.showOpenDialog(fileChooser);

if (returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {

answered Mar 14 '13 at 15:57

Nikolay Kuznetsov

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+1, although SingleRootFileSystemView is not a standard class. Maybe you are referring to the class found in [Single Root File Chooser](http://tips4java.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/single-root-file-chooser/) – camickr Mar 14 '13 at 18:31

FileChooser getAttachement only from this Folder

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