JFileChooser: display is emply or imcomplete

Dear All,
I have a problem in JFileChooser:
1. Some folders are not empty, but after using
JFileChooser,the display become empty and the folders can only display part of all files?
2. When JFileChooser is started, not scroll bar ?
Does anybody can give me a hand?
Thank you.
Kevin

Remove the following line from you code wherever it appears (twice):
fileChooser.setVisible(false);Once you click on the ApproveButton or the CancelButton then it is going to "hide." There is no need to call the setVisible(false) method.

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