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Fie Dialog and Folder Dialog in Eclipse RCP

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Fie Dialog and Folder Dialog in Eclipse RCP

File Dialog in Eclipse:
- This will only allow you to select the files in the Dialog Box
FileDialog fileDialog = new FileDialog(PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow().getShell()); // Following line is Optional if you want to, enable filter for specific files. //fileDialog.setFilterExtensions(new String[] {"*.txt","*.csv"}); String filePath = fileDialog.open(); System.out.println(filePath);


Folder Dialog in Eclipse:
- This will allow you to select the folder in the Dialog box.
DirectoryDialog directoryDialog = new DirectoryDialog(PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow().getShell()); // Optional - if you want to open specific path //directoryDialog.setFilterPath("/home/hv185014/junk/"); String directoryPath = directoryDialog.open(); System.out.println(directoryPath);
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