using a jfile chooser to get path of a exe file

Question

JFileChooser filechooser = new JFileChooser();
filechooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY);
int returnValue = chooser.showOpenDialog(this);
if(returnValue == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
System.out.println("You chose to open this directory: " +
filechooser.getSelectedFile().getAbsolutePath());

this is the code i used to open a file and get its path printed but the thing is i want to get the path of a exe file which means path should end up with the file extension at the end. with the current code it won't even show the exe files.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

If you need exe files, you can use a Filter, but with the good options, like that (your code is Directories oriented ):

JFrame frame=new JFrame();
JFileChooser filechooser = new JFileChooser();
FileFilter filter = new FileNameExtensionFilter("EXE File","exe");
filechooser.setFileFilter(filter);
filechooser.showOpenDialog(frame);
File file = filechooser.getSelectedFile();
System.out.println("YOU CHOOSE "+file.getAbsolutePath());

a usefull link on that question: FileFilter for JFileChooser

see this for the option filechooser.setFileSelectionMode:

JFileChooser select directory but show files

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 07 '15 at 17:02

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Of course it won't show files, you're using

filechooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY);

answered Dec 07 '15 at 17:02

Andre

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then what should i use – NullPointer Dec 07 '15 at 17:14
Just remove the line completely – Andre Dec 07 '15 at 17:16

using a jfile chooser to get path of a exe file

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