I want to save a spreadsheet file to a user custom file folder, people suggest to use JFileChooser
, but I actually don't know how to achieve it. I have my current example code here:
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFCell;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFRow;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFSheet;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
XSSFWorkbook workbook;
File file = new File("example.xlsx");
if (file.exists() == false) {
workbook = new XSSFWorkbook();
XSSFSheet exampleSheet = workbook.createSheet("1");
XSSFRow firstRow = exampleSheet.createRow(1);
XSSFCell cell = firstRow.createCell(0);
cell.setCellValue("value");
try (
//Write the workbook in file system
FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(file)) {
workbook.write(out);
}
} else {
// Sheet already exists
System.out.println("File already exist");
}
}
}
Currently it only save the file to the default project directory. But I want it to be saved to a user selected path with a user customized filename. JFileChooser
seems like a good choice, but can someone show me how do I use it in my case?
public class Example {
static String fileDictName = "";
public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
XSSFWorkbook workbook;
JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser();
fileChooser.setDialogTitle("Open the file"); //name for chooser
FileFilter filter = new FileNameExtensionFilter("Files", ".xlsx"); //filter to show only that
fileChooser.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed(false); //to show or not all other files
fileChooser.addChoosableFileFilter(filter);
fileChooser.setSelectedFile(new File(fileDictName)); //when you want to show the name of file into the chooser
fileChooser.setVisible(true);
int result = fileChooser.showOpenDialog(fileChooser);
if (result == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
fileDictName = fileChooser.getSelectedFile().getAbsolutePath();
} else {
return;
}
File file = new File(fileDictName);
if (file.exists() == false) {
workbook = new XSSFWorkbook();
XSSFSheet exampleSheet = workbook.createSheet("1");
XSSFRow firstRow = exampleSheet.createRow(1);
XSSFCell cell = firstRow.createCell(0);
cell.setCellValue("value");
try (
//Write the workbook in file system
FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(file)) {
workbook.write(out);
}
} else {
// Sheet already exists
System.out.println("File already exist");
}
}
}
When we want to use it to save a file, we need:
JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser();
FileFilter filter = new FileNameExtensionFilter("Files", ".xlsx");
fileChooser.addChoosableFileFilter(filter);
fileChooser.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed(false);
fileChooser.setDialogTitle("Save the dictionary file");
fileChooser.setSelectedFile(new File(fileDictName));
int userSelection = fileChooser.showSaveDialog(fileChooser);
if (userSelection == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
fileDictName = fileChooser.getSelectedFile().getAbsolutePath();
}
Here is an example:
JFileChooser jfc = new JFileChooser();
int res = jfc.showSaveDialog(this);
if (res != JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
return;
}
File file = jfc.getSelectedFile();