FileDialog to restrict directory

Question

Hi,
I want to allow my users to select a filename to write to, but force
them to use a specific directory.
I am using FileDialog and setting initial directory to the desired
directory, but obviously they can change directory.
Is there something other than FileDialog I can use, or a way to
restrict the directory change ?
Or is the only way to write my own dialog ?
Thanks
Sue

Answer 1

Hi, thanks for reply.
I tried the Filename filter, but couldn't get it to work.
I added a trace to the accept method and that didn't come out, so I'm
a bit confused.
Does my code look ok ?
public class MyFilenameFilter implements FilenameFilter {
public MyFilenameFilter() {
public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
System.out.println("Accept " + dir.getAbsolutePath() + " " + name);
if (dir.getAbsolutePath().compareToIgnoreCase("c:/myDir") != 0)
return false;
else
return true;
Then to use it I have :-
FileDialog fd = new FileDialog((Frame)parent, "Test", FileDialog.SAVE);
fd.setFilenameFilter(new MyFilenameFilter());
fd.show();
Thanks
Sue