Re: Preselected path for ij.io.DirectoryChooser?

Posted by Md Tamjidul Hoque on May 11, 2010; 12:39am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Preselected-path-for-ij-io-DirectoryChooser-tp3688355p3688359.html

Hi Michael

             oh, I missed that the method was static ... great!

Many thanks for the help.
Tamjid


Michael Schmid wrote:

> Hi Tamjid,
>
> DirectoryChooser.setDefaultDirectory is a static method, you can call
> it without any instance of DirectoryChooser but rather with the class
> name:
>
>    DirectoryChooser.setDefaultDirectory(defaultdir);
>    DirectoryChooser dc = new DirectoryChooser("Preferred Directory:");
>
> The default directory is a static variable, it survives in memory
> without any instance of DirectoryChooser.
>
> Michael
> ________________________________________________________________
>
> On 10 May 2010, at 13:12, Tamjid wrote:
>
>> Hi Michael
>>
>>           thanks but I am not clear yet, perhaps I have to clarify my
>> problem:
>>
>>                line #1: DirectoryChooser dc = new
>> DirectoryChooser("Preferred Directory:");
>>                line #2:            dc.setDefaultDirectory(t2.getText());
>>
>>
>>           The instance of DirectoryChooser is created first - so it will
>> already be loaded with the path/directory that was selected last, but
>> I want
>> the "instance of DirectoryChooser" to come up with whatever is
>> currently in
>> t2.getText() (BTW: t2 is a TextArea where a path is pasted).
>>
>>
>> In summary, the question could be, how can the line#2 be executed before
>> executing line # 1? Is it possible?
>>
>> Obviously, instance of DirectoryChooser, when created and loaded,
>> reads the
>> last selected directory from somewhere (I don't know where is that
>> place and
>> how to access that?- so need to that)  - can we write our preferred
>> directory/path in that place first?
>>
>>
>> Any help/suggestion?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Tamjid
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Michael Schmid
>> <[hidden email]>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Tamjid,
>>>
>>> you can use setDefaultDirectory(String dir), that's what it is good
>>> for.
>>> You can even use it from a macro with a
>>> call("ij.io.DirectoryChooser.setDefaultDirectory", dir); macro command.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>> ________________________________________________________________
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10 May 2010, at 06:20, Md Tamjidul Hoque wrote:
>>>
>>>  Dear All
>>>>
>>>>           is it possible to call DirectoryChooser such a way that
>>>> it can
>>>> start with a particular path / directory?
>>>>
>>>> By the way, I think "setDefaultDirectory" can not be used or can we?
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestion?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Tamjid
>>>>
>>>>
>