I have my load working (filter is another class):

String name;
JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser(); //<-- Opens a pop up choosers
File file = chooser.getSelectedFile(); //<-- sets filter    	
chooser.setFileFilter(new OurFilter()); 
int status = chooser.showOpenDialog(null);
name = file.getName();

// reads file (objectInputStream and readObject stuff)
//end

String name;
JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser(); //<-- Opens a pop up choosers
File file = chooser.getSelectedFile(); //<-- sets filter    	
chooser.setFileFilter(new OurFilter()); 
int status = chooser.showSaveDialog(null);
name = file.getName();

// proceeds to write to the file using writeObject and closes stream
//end

3/8/2006 12:39:17 PM

bttt

come on java d0rks, plz speaketh

3/8/2006 4:57:41 PM

this may or may not be the problem but just out of curiosity, are both of those snippets of code in the same method?

3/8/2006 5:11:38 PM

I have a saveAll() method that writes three or four different lists

and a loadAll() method that should load the lists from the "name" of the selected file

these methods run depending on which Jmenu item is picked

3/8/2006 5:27:14 PM

I haven't actually messed with JFileChooser's myself but I'll see if I can play around with one here sometime soon. What I was thinking though is that maybe theres some kind of problem relating to trying to load/save the same file, I was having a similar problem the other day with a BufferedReader/FileWriter.

3/9/2006 12:26:13 AM

I pretty sure the problem is my syntax some where. Because when I specify the file name ("alllist.dat") instead of using JFileChooser, it works

3/9/2006 8:01:27 AM