Sorry, I'm not quite sure what happened to the code but a lot of it got
mangled by Outlook Express. Here is the code again. Hopefully, this time
each line will stay where it is supposed to be.

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/*
* Created on May 25, 2003
*
*/
package viewer02;

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;

import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFileChooser;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JToolBar;

public class Fileviewer03 extends JFrame implements ActionListener {

   /*
    * Setup the classes and declarations of variables that will have a
class
    * wide scope.
    */
   final String CLASS_NAME = getClass().getName(); // Used for error
messages
                                                   // in the displayFile
                                                   // method.

   JFrame frame; // main content pane

   JTextArea textArea;

   /*
    * Added Font on May 29, 2003 to allow the font that is used to display
the
    * file to be changed. In Future it may be set in the preferences.
    */
   Font textFont; // Font used in the textArea

   JScrollPane scrollPane;

   /*
    * file - the name of the variable used to pass the filename from the
    * pickFile method to the displayFile method
    */
   File file = null; // file name variable

   /*
    * File pathName Added May 27, 2003 this variable is used to Store the
path
    * of the last file. So that the filechooser opens in the same
directory,
    * rather than the default directory
    */
   File pathName = null; // file path variable

   String fileName = new String();

   /*
    * Variables used to set up the information that is passed to the
    * ActionListeners when a Menu Item is Pressed.
    */
   static final String OpenText = "Open";

   static final String PreferencesText = "Preferences";

   static final String ExitText = "Exit";

   static final String HelpText = "Help";

   static final String ProdInfoText = "About";

   /*
    * Setup Menu Bar and Items
    *
    */
   JMenuBar menuBar;

   JMenuItem OpenMenuItem = new JMenuItem(OpenText);

   JMenuItem PreferencesMenuItem = new JMenuItem(PreferencesText);

   JMenuItem ExitMenuItem = new JMenuItem(ExitText);

   JMenuItem HelpMenuItem = new JMenuItem(HelpText);

   JMenuItem ProdInfoMenuItem = new JMenuItem(ProdInfoText);

   public static void main(String[] args) {

       Fileviewer03 myProg = new Fileviewer03();
       myProg.pack();
       myProg.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
       myProg.setVisible(true);
   } // end main()

   public Fileviewer03() {

       super("Fileviewer"); // Give the Frame a name
       /*
        * TODO: Set up the Name so that it displays the file Name
        *
        */

       /*
        * Setup the Layout in the GUI Starting with the look and feel and
then
        * Setting up the Jframe for everything else to go into.
        */

       JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
       JFrame frame = new JFrame("FrameDemo");
       // Setup - What happens when the frame closes?
       frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

       // frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null) ; // should place the window in
the
       // center of the screen if using 1.4.1

       Dimension dim = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
       System.out.println(dim);
       frame.setLocation(dim.width / 2 - frame.getSize().width / 2,
dim.height / 2
               - frame.getSize().height / 2);

       /* Get the open icon. */
       String openIconFileName = "images/Open24.gif";
       URL openIconUrl = this.getClass().getResource(openIconFileName);
       ImageIcon openIcon = new ImageIcon(openIconUrl);

       /* Add toolbar. */
       JToolBar toolBar = new JToolBar();
       toolBar.setFloatable(false);

       /* Create open button. */
       JButton openButton = new JButton(openIcon);
       openButton.setToolTipText("Use this button to open a new file.");
       openButton.addActionListener(this);
       openButton.setActionCommand(OpenText);
       toolBar.add(openButton);

       /* Put toolbar on GUI. */
       getContentPane().add(toolBar, BorderLayout.NORTH);

       textFont = new Font("Courier", Font.PLAIN, 14);

       /*
        * Setup a textarea to display the file in. Make it read only, with
a
        * border on the sides and wrap the lines on the space between
words.
        * The background is White and the text is Black. Also set the font.
        */
       textArea = new JTextArea(35, 60);
       textArea.setEnabled(false);
       textArea.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(0, 10, 0, 10));
       textArea.setLineWrap(true);
       textArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);
       textArea.setBackground(Color.white);
       textArea.setDisabledTextColor(Color.black);
       textArea.setFont(textFont);

       /*
        * Put the textarea into a scrollpane so that the whole file can be
        * viewed. Added May 29, 2003 the vertical Scroll bar is always on.
        */
       scrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea);
       scrollPane.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);

       /* Put the JScrollPane and the JTextArea into the Jframe */
       getContentPane().add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);

       /* Setup a menu bar. */

       JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar(); // Create the Menu Bar and
                                           // instanciate it
       setJMenuBar(menuBar); // Associate the menubar with the frame

       JMenu FileMenu = new JMenu("File"); // create a main menu item
called
                                           // "File"
       menuBar.add(FileMenu); // add the File menu to the menu bar
       FileMenu.add(OpenMenuItem); // add the item to the File menu
       FileMenu.add(PreferencesMenuItem); // add the item to the File menu
       FileMenu.add(ExitMenuItem); // add the item to the File menu

       JMenu HelpMenu = new JMenu("Help"); // create a main menu item
called
                                           // "Help"
       menuBar.add(HelpMenu); // add the Help menu to the menu bar
       HelpMenu.add(HelpMenuItem); // add the item to the Help menu
       HelpMenu.add(ProdInfoMenuItem); // add the item to the Help menu

       /* Set action commands for the menu items. */
       OpenMenuItem.setActionCommand(OpenText);
       PreferencesMenuItem.setActionCommand(PreferencesText);
       ExitMenuItem.setActionCommand(ExitText);
       HelpMenuItem.setActionCommand(HelpText);
       ProdInfoMenuItem.setActionCommand(ProdInfoText);

       /* Add listeners for the menu items. */
       OpenMenuItem.addActionListener(this);
       ExitMenuItem.addActionListener(this);
       PreferencesMenuItem.addActionListener(this);
       HelpMenuItem.addActionListener(this);
       ProdInfoMenuItem.addActionListener(this);

       /*
        * Setup a button at the bottom of the Jframe that brings up the
file
        * chooser
        */
       // JButton OKButton = new JButton("Select A New File");
       // OKButton.setActionCommand(OpenText);
       // OKButton.addActionListener(this);
       // getContentPane().add(OKButton, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
   } // end constructor/method Filechooser

   public File pickFile() {

       // Create a JFileChooser
       JFileChooser filetree = new JFileChooser(pathName);

       filetree.setFileHidingEnabled(false);
       int returnVal = filetree.showOpenDialog(null);

       // Determine which file the user selected or close the application
if
       // user pressed cancel.

       if (returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
           textArea.setText(""); // Clears the textarea
           file = filetree.getSelectedFile();
           fileName = file.getName();
           pathName = file.getParentFile();
           setTitle(pathName + File.separator + fileName);
           // System.out.println(file); // only used to during testing
           // System.out.println(fileName);
           // System.out.println(pathName);
           return file;
       } else {
           return null;
       }

   } // end method pickFile()

   public void displayFile(File myFile) {

       String METHOD_NAME = "displayFile()";
       String strLine = null;
       BufferedReader viewfile = null;

       // Put the file into the textarea.

       try {
           viewfile = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(myFile));
           while ((strLine = viewfile.readLine()) != null) {
               textArea.append(strLine + "\n"); // added "\n", which causes
                                                   // line wrap
               textArea.setCaretPosition(0); // Sets the position of the
                                               // curser to the top of the
file
               textArea.grabFocus(); // Gives the focus to the textarea so
                                       // that the movement arrows work.
           } // end while
           viewfile.close(); // close file
       } // end try
       catch (FileNotFoundException IO_excp) {
           System.out.println(CLASS_NAME + "." + METHOD_NAME + " - The
file, " + viewfile
                   + ", could not be found. Error: " + IO_excp);
           System.exit(1);
       } catch (IOException IO_excp) {
           System.out.println(CLASS_NAME + "." + METHOD_NAME + " - I/O
Error reading the file, "
                   + viewfile + ". Error: " + IO_excp);
           System.exit(1);
       }
       return;
   } // End method displayFile()

   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {

       String command = evt.getActionCommand();
       if (command.equals(ExitText)) {
           System.exit(0);
       } // end if command = ExitText
       else if (command.equals(OpenText)) {
           file = pickFile();
           // System.out.println ("Open was pressed"); // used for testing
           // System.out.println ("File returned was " + file);
           displayFile(file);
       } // end if command = OpenText
       else if (command.equals(PreferencesText)) {
           System.out.println("Preferences was pressed");

           // SetPreferences();
       } // end if command = PreferencesText
       else if (command.equals(HelpText)) {
           System.out.println("Help was pressed");

           // new Help();
       } // end if command = PreferencesText
       else if (command.equals(ProdInfoText)) {
           System.out.println("About was pressed");

           // new About();
       } // end if command = ProdInfoText

   } // end method ActionListeners

} // End Class Fileviewer03
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Rhino