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    Default JTextArea display button

    Hello there
    i'm trying to make a button where i push that and it display what is in the text file on the JTextArea, but i can't not make it to work when i press the button i have no idea how to make it work. I can make it display the file when i write in where it is supose to be but i would like to choose from what file it is suppose to show
    Here is my code so far:

    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.event.*;
    import javax.swing.*;
    import java.io.*;  
     
    public class login implements ActionListener {
    	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
    		JFrame frame2 = new JFrame();
    		frame2.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    		frame2.setSize(new Dimension(600, 300));
    		frame2.setLocation(new Point(300, 300));
    		frame2.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    		frame2.setTitle("Home");;
    		//buttons
    		JButton overforPenge = new JButton();
    		overforPenge.setText("Overfør penge");
    		JButton konti1 = new JButton();
    		overforPenge.setText("Brugs konti");
    		JButton konti2 = new JButton();
    		overforPenge.setText("Opsparing");
     
    		//north
    		JPanel North = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1,3));
    		North.add(new JLabel(""));
    		North.add(new JLabel("CAC Bank"));
    		North.add(new JLabel(""));
     
     
    		// venstre række
    		JPanel West = new JPanel(new GridLayout(4,1));
    		West.add(new JButton("Se konti"));
    		West.add(overforPenge);
    		West.add(new JButton("Indtast løn"));
    		West.add(new JButton("Indtast udgifter"));
    		overforPenge.addActionListener(new Overfor());
     
    		//Center
    		JTextArea Center = new JTextArea(400, 500);
    		try{Center.read(new FileReader("logfile1.txt"),null);}catch(IOException ioe){}  
     
    		//East
    		JPanel East = new JPanel(new GridLayout(8,2));
    		East.add(konti1);
    		East.add(new JLabel("Tilrådighed"));
    		East.add(konti2);
    		East.add(new JLabel("Tilrådighed"));
    		East.add(new JButton("Konti"));
    		East.add(new JLabel("Tilrådighed"));
    		East.add(new JButton("Konti"));
    		East.add(new JLabel("Tilrådighed"));
    		East.add(new JLabel(""));
    		East.add(new JLabel(""));
    		East.add(new JLabel(""));
    		East.add(new JLabel(""));
    		East.add(new JLabel(""));
    		East.add(new JLabel(""));
    		East.add(new JLabel(""));
    		East.add(new JLabel(""));
     
     
     
    		//South
    		JPanel South = new JPanel (new GridLayout(1,3));
    		South.add(new JLabel(" "));
    		South.add(new JLabel(" "));
    		South.add(new JButton("Log out"));
     
     
    		//layout
    		frame2.add(North, BorderLayout.NORTH);
    		frame2.add(West, BorderLayout.WEST);
    		frame2.add(Center, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    		frame2.add(East, BorderLayout.EAST);
    		frame2.add(South, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
     
     
    		frame2.setVisible(true);
    	}
     
     
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    Default Re: JTextArea display button

    Sounds like a job for a JFileChooser.
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    Default Re: JTextArea display button

    Quote Originally Posted by KevinWorkman View Post
    Sounds like a job for a JFileChooser.
    Thanks for the reply now i have been trying to make sense of it with that but with no luck :s
    I have a Jframe and in that i have a JTextArea and two buttons and when i press one button it displays on txt file in the JTextArea and another if i press the other button. it is possible i could get an example of how you do that?
    because i'm pretty lost :s

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    How to Use File Choosers (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Using Swing Components)
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