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Re: FileDialog bugs!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Semsel)
Fri Feb 2 02:10:45 1996
From: MSEMSEL@panix.com (Mark Semsel)
To: java-interest@java.sun.com
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 05:17:03 GMT
Your code is Ok.
I believe these are legitimate JDK beta 2 bugs. If you upgrade to the
official JDK release 1.0, you should have fewer problems.
Mark Semsel
msemsel@panix.com
On Wed, 31 Jan 96 14:03:52 -0800, you wrote:
>I have run in to two very frustrating problems using object FileDialog in
>JDK beta2 on Win95 :
>public class MyWin extends Frame {
> ...
> public boolean handleEvent(Event evt) {
> ...
> // File|Open menu item is selected
> FileDialog fd = new FileDialog(this, "Open File");
> fd.open();
> String filename = fd.getFile();
> if (filename != null)
> System.out.println(fd.getFile());
> ...
> }
>}
>1) In an application or applet the parent window (MyWin in the above
>example) of the FileDialog does not get refreshed when the FileDialog is
>moved or closed. An image of the FileDialog remains on the canvas, and
>as an added bonus, the controls on the canvas stop functioning. This
>error can also be seen by viewing:
> http://java.sun.com/tutorial/ui/overview/components.html
>and clicking the big button.
>2) The FileDialog does not return the file the user selected.
>fd.getFile() returns <null> when called after the window closes (see code
>snippet sabove).
>--
>Glenn E Twiggs
>getsmart@bga.com
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