FileDialog in AWT Applet

Question

Hi,
I have an applet with menu options for Opening and saving a file. Is there any way to create a file dialog for opening and saving through AWT without any usage of SWING?
Any response will be greatly appreciated!!

Answer 1

/*  <applet code="FileApplet" width="400" height="400"></applet>
*  use: >appletviewer FielApplet.java
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.*;
public class FileApplet extends Applet
    public void init()
        final TextArea textArea = new TextArea();
        final FileDialog
            openDialog = new FileDialog(new Frame(), "open", FileDialog.LOAD),
            saveDialog = new FileDialog(new Frame(), "save", FileDialog.SAVE);
        openDialog.setDirectory(".");
        saveDialog.setDirectory(".");
        final Button
            open = new Button("open"),
            save = new Button("save");
        ActionListener l = new ActionListener()
            String newLine = System.getProperty("line.separator");
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
                Button button = (Button)e.getSource();
                if(button == open)
                    openDialog.show();
                    if(openDialog.getFile() == null)
                        return;
                    File file = new File(openDialog.getFile());
                    BufferedReader br = null;
                    try
                        br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
                                                new FileInputStream(file)));
                        textArea.setText("");
                        String line = "";
                        while((line = br.readLine()) != null)
                            textArea.append(line + newLine);
                        br.close();
                    catch(FileNotFoundException fnfe)
                        System.out.println(fnfe.getMessage());
                    catch(IOException ioe)
                        System.out.println(ioe.getMessage());
                if(button == save)
                    saveDialog.show();
                    if(saveDialog.getFile() == null)
                        return;
                    File file = new File(saveDialog.getFile());
                    // write to file...
        open.addActionListener(l);
        save.addActionListener(l);
        Panel northPanel = new Panel();
        northPanel.add(open);
        northPanel.add(save);
        setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        add(northPanel, "North");
        add(textArea);
    public static void main(String[] args)
        Applet applet = new FileApplet();
        Frame f = new Frame();
        f.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
            public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
                System.exit(0);
        f.add(applet);
        f.setSize(400,400);
        f.setLocation(200,200);
        applet.init();
        applet.start();
        f.setVisible(true);
}