Home directory for my documents

Question

Hello,
I am writing an international program which reads in files placed under the "My Documents" directory of the users home directory.
I can get access to the homedirectory using System.getProperty("user.home"). But depending on the language, the "My Documents" is having a different name.
Is there a property that gives direct access to this directory?
KR,
Jan

Answer 1

Hello,
I suppose it is too late for helping nnv14vv but can help others.
* Constructs a <code>JFileChooser</code> pointing to the user's
* default directory. This default depends on the operating system.
* It is typically the "My Documents" folder on Windows, and the
* user's home directory on Unix.
public JFileChooser() {
this((File) null, (FileSystemView) null);
So you can get "My Documents" path using:
new JFileChooser().getCurrentDirectory();
I am sure that must be another way to get it without using JFileChooser() but haven't found it.
KoKo