Copying from and to text file using JFileChooser

Question

I need to know how can i save text from a javax.swing.JTextArea using javax.swing.JFileChooser . I tried different things but i am not able to save the data from the JTextArea. And also copy from one text file to another using JFileChooser. Please help, I am relatively new to java.

Answer 1

Look at the Basic I/O lesson of the Java Tutorial with particular attention to Reading, Writing, and Creating Files .

For more specific advice, you would need to ask more specific questions, or any questions, for that matter.

Answer 2

JTextArea has read(...) and write(...) methods that you should be using.

A JFileChooser is just for getting the file name and has nothing to do with file I/O.

Copying data is a different story and Andrew has given you links to the tutorial on using file I/O.