Java tutorial
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFileChooser; import javax.swing.JFrame; public class ActionListenerTest3 { public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true); JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JButton button = new JButton("Select File"); button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser(); int returnVal = fileChooser.showOpenDialog(null); if (returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) { System.out.println(fileChooser.getSelectedFile().getName()); } } }); frame.add(button); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } }