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John:

The security manager notices any work with java.io (especially any of
the classes reserved for use with File I/O)  At least some of the
methods in the JFileChooser family of classes work with files, which
will make the security manager (for applets) block the use of the
component.

-Rich

"John P. McGrath" wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 8 Mar 2000 10:48:56 -0500, Jeff Marendo wrote:
> 
> > I'd like to try and make an applet that allows a user to
> > select .gif files off of the machine that the applet is
> > downloaded from.  I want to use a JFileChooser to do this,
> > but I don't know if it is possible.  Can anyone give me
> > any suggestions?
> 
> You should be able to do this by creating subclass of FileSystemView and
> FileView.  You may also need to subclass File.  These classes would have
> to communicate with objects running on the server that knew about the
> actual files and file system.
> 
> I am sure that this would not be a simple task, but it is possible, since
> JFileChooser does not do any actual file system access itself.  Instead,
> it uses FileSystemView and FileView to access it.
> 
> --
> John P. McGrath
> <JPMcGrath@fast.net>
> <jpm@nscs.fast.net>

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