Here you can find the source of commonFileDialog(JDialog parent, boolean save)
public static File commonFileDialog(JDialog parent, boolean save)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from ww w. j a v a 2 s . com*/ Copyright 2009 Peter Hofmann This file is part of Multifrac. Multifrac is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. Multifrac is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Multifrac. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import javax.swing.*; import java.io.*; public class Main { public static File commonFileDialogDir = null; public static File commonFileDialog(JDialog parent, boolean save) { JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser(); // try to set the old directory if (commonFileDialogDir != null) chooser.setCurrentDirectory(commonFileDialogDir); // fire up the dialog int returnVal; if (save) returnVal = chooser.showSaveDialog(parent); else returnVal = chooser.showOpenDialog(parent); commonFileDialogDir = chooser.getCurrentDirectory(); if (returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) return chooser.getSelectedFile(); else return null; } }