Save file

[dejos456]

Hi, i'm making a texteditor in java but i have a problem with the save function.
I'm using Netbeans and the build in GUI editor.

I can save my textfile but only in another folder then my active folder. When i try to save in my current folder, it trows an IOException.

I use a menu button to save, and it calls a jFileChooser to select the correct file.

This is my code for the save function:

private void jMenuItem2ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                           
        int returnVal = jFileChooser2.showSaveDialog(this);
        if (returnVal == jFileChooser2.APPROVE_OPTION)
        {
            File fout = jFileChooser2.getSelectedFile();
            String text=jTextArea1.getText();
            String filename;
            filename=fout.getPath();
            boolean exists=(new File(filename)).exists();
            if(!exists)
            {System.out.println("Bestaat niet");
             new File(filename);
            }

            try
            {
                BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(filename));
                out.write(text);
                out.close(); 
            }

            catch (IOException e)
            {
                jOptionPane1.showMessageDialog(null,"Fout bij opslaan van bestand.");
            }
        }
    }

Any ideas why it won't save my textfile in the current directory?

[JosAH]

You should have printed the entire stack trace by doing e.printStackTrace() in your catch clause; it'll most likely tell you what is wrong with your code.

kind regards,

Jos

[dejos456]

I just started to work with java so i'm not that skilled

i did:
catch (IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
jOptionPane1.showMessageDialog(null,e);

}

when i save in current directory or any other directory of my current directory it says:
java.io.FileNotFoundException: c:\haha.txt (Acces denied)

And in the netbeans console i get alot of errors:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\haha.txt (Toegang geweigerd)
        at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)
        at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:179)
        at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:70)
        at java.io.FileWriter.<init>(FileWriter.java:46)
        at my.texteditorUI.texteditorUI.jMenuItem2ActionPerformed(texteditorUI.java:332)
        at my.texteditorUI.texteditorUI.access$100(texteditorUI.java:17)
        at my.texteditorUI.texteditorUI$2.actionPerformed(texteditorUI.java:111)
        at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1995)
        at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2318)
        at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:387)
        at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:242)
        at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(AbstractButton.java:357)
        at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI.doClick(BasicMenuItemUI.java:1225)
        at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$Handler.mouseReleased(BasicMenuItemUI.java:1266)
        at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6263)
        at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3267)
        at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6028)
        at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2041)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4630)
        at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2099)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4460)
        at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4574)
        at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4238)
        at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4168)
        at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2085)
        at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2475)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4460)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:599)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:269)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:184)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:174)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:169)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122)

When i save to other directory then c:\..... it works.
any ideas?

[JosAH]

This is not a Java mistake at all; you are not running your program with root privileges, or "Administrator rights", (which is a wise thing) and you simply don't have the rights to write to your root directory.

kind regards,

Jos

[dejos456]

Ok when i change 'working folder' to somewhere else it works like a charm ^^

Thx for the replies