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OpenFileDialog Topmost in Java applet

I have written a simple applet in J++ to resize an image and save it to the local HD.

The image is selected using the OpenFileDialog, which works well the first time. Any further attempts, however , the OpenFileDialog loads but is not topmost.

I have used SetWindowPos in VB, but am not sure how to implement this in J++ ( and if it's possible).

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Attached is a cut down version of the applet (minus the "save" feature).

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.applet.*;
import java.io.*;
import com.ms.wfc.ui.OpenFileDialog;
import com.ms.wfc.ui.SaveFileDialog;
import com.ms.wfc.ui.DialogResult;
import java.net.URL;

      public class Resizer extends Applet implements ActionListener {
            Image img, img2;
             int dlgResult;
            Button saveButton;       // new variable of type Button
            Button openButton;       // new variable of type Button
            String openfname;
            OpenFileDialog ofd;
            SaveFileDialog sfd;
            
            public void init() {
                  
                  setLayout(new BorderLayout());      // uses a Border layout for the components
            
                  Panel p = new Panel();
                  p.setLayout( new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.RIGHT));
                  openButton = new Button(" open "); // constructs a new instance of the Button class
                  p.add(openButton);                         // appends our button to the list of components in the applet
                  openButton.addActionListener(this); // waits for button events
                  
                  saveButton = new Button(" save "); // constructs a new instance of the Button class
                  p.add(saveButton);                         // appends our button to the list of components in the applet
                  saveButton.addActionListener(this); // waits for button events
                  
                  
                  add(p, "North");  // adds the Panel to the right

                  
                  
            }
            
            public void paint(Graphics g) {
                  
                  if ( openfname.length() > 0 )
                  {
                        // Draw the scaled version of the image
                        g.drawImage(img2, 0, 0, this);            
                  }
                                                 
            }
            
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                  if (e.getSource() == openButton ) {
                        
                        ofd = new OpenFileDialog();
                        ofd.setDefaultExt("jpg");      //sets the default extension
                        ofd.setFilter("Image files (*.jpg)|*.jpg|All files (*.*)|*.*"); //sets the file filter
                        ofd.setFilterIndex(1);  //sets the filter that will be initially selected
                        ofd.setInitialDir("c:\\program files");  //sets the initial directory

                        int dlgResult = ofd.showDialog();
                        openfname = ofd.getFileName();
                        openfname = openfname.replace('\\','/');
                        openfname = "file:/" + openfname;
                        URL urlfname ;
                        try {
                        
                              urlfname = new URL(openfname);
                              try
                              {
                                    img = getImage(urlfname);
                                    
                                    img2 = img.getScaledInstance(400, 300, Image.SCALE_SMOOTH);
                              }
                              catch (Exception e1){};
                        }catch (Exception e2) {};
                                            
                        
                        repaint();
                  } // closes if
            }
            
      }
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Hi ggrace,
instead of using thease
>>import com.ms.wfc.ui.OpenFileDialog;
>>import com.ms.wfc.ui.SaveFileDialog;
>>import com.ms.wfc.ui.DialogResult;
why dont u go for FileDialog class in java? It works similar to the one which ur using here.

If u get object of FileDialog class and use

void setDirectory(String dir) ;
void setFile(String file) ;
void setFilenameFilter(FilenameFilter filter) ;
void setMode(int mode)  ;

methods u will get correct results. Using this will give u FileDialog all the time topmost.
 

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Thankyou very much. Works just fine now.
Is there no way then to set the modality of the mfc class?