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"Joi Ellis [TeamB]" wrote:

> Kevin Dwan <kevin@blueberry.com> wrote:
> > void approveButton_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
> >   {
> >     JList1.clearSelection();
> >     File [] sourceFiles = new File[]{};
> >     sourceFiles = sfc.getSelectedFiles();
> >       for (int i = 0; i < sourceFiles.length; i++){
> >         String[] namelist = {sourceFiles[i].getName()};
> >         JList JList1 = new JList(namelist);
>
> What are you attempting to do here?  You're creating a new
> String[] namelist each pass through the loop, and each one contains a single
> file.  Then you create a new JList from that namelist of size 1.  This
> doesn't make any sense to me.
>
> If I wanted to suck names out of the chooser, I'd start with something like:
>
>   File[] sourceFiles = getSelectedFiles();
>   String[] namelist = new String[ sourceFiles.length ];
>   for (int i = 0; i < sourceFiles.length; i++) {
>     namelist[i] = sourceFiles[i].getName();
>   }
>   JList jlist1 = new JList( namelist );
>
> >         targetPanel.add(JList1, new XYConstraints(14, 17, 210, 279));
> >           for (int a=0; a<JList1.getModel().getSize();a++){
> > //displays what's actually in the JList
> >             System.out.println(JList1.getModel().getElementAt(a));
> >           }
> >       }
> >   }
>
> --
> Joi Ellis (TeamB)
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Thanks, Joi. That did it.

Do you have a suggestion for clearing the JList, so that if the user changes the
selection, the old values get zapped?

I thought JList1.clearSelection would do it, but it does not.