FileChooser is not invoking the file Please Help

Question

Hi,
I have created a menuItem when user selects from the menuItem the file chooser come's up after that when he select any file from the JFile chooser dilalog box the r not invoked.Here is the code, please tell me where am i wrong. Please Help me out
Thanking u
in advance
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
Object source = evt.getSource();
if(source == dialerItem)
JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
chooser.setCurrentDirectory(new File("."));
chooser.setFileFilter(new Javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter()
public boolean accept(File f)
String fname = f.getName().toLowerCase();
return fname.endWith("html") || f.isDirectory();
public string getDescription()
return "Html Files";
int r = chooser.showOpenDialog(this);
if(r == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION)
chooser.getSelectedFile();

Answer 1

Not "invoking" the file? What does that mean? What did you expect it to do?
What it actually does, in the last line of your code, is to create a File object based on the selected file, then to discard it because you didn't assign it to a File variable.