pop up the excel file instead of saving internally in apache poi

Question

i need to generate a file in a popup after converting to the excel file. i'm using apache poi for this.

Here is my code:

try {
    FileInputStream file = new FileInputStream(new File("C:\\update.xls"));

   **excel coding here..**

    file.close();

    FileOutputStream outFile =new FileOutputStream(new File("C:\\update.xls"));
    workbook.write(outFile);
    outFile.close();

} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

what can i do in the FileOutputStream or something else and let user save it wherever they want?

How is the user interacting with your code? Swing? AWT? Web? — Gagravarr
– Gagravarr, Commented Nov 18, 2013 at 9:53

secario · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-18 07:10:38Z

2

you are hard-coding the url C:\update.xls to file. Depending on your project, u can make a UI, add there ( a text field, where user can type desired file-name\path, or file-choose dialog). Or you can read file path from console. After retrieving the path, you create file with

FileOutputStream outFile =new FileOutputStream(new File(NewFilePath))

answered Nov 18, 2013 at 7:10

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v0ld3m0rt Over a year ago

not a probable solution. I wanna throw a popup to the user so that they can store it wherever they want. Its bad to ask them to enter the path.

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