Writing Data to a Sequential Data File - Java Programming: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - page 511

The following steps illustrate how to write code to create a file name, open
the data file, and apply the window listener.

To Open the Data File with a Unique Name

1. Enter the code from Figure 8-19 on page 505.
The TextPad window displays the code to create a file name with the
formatted date appended at the end (Figure 8-22).

code to assign
file name with
formatted date

FIGURE 8-22

2. Enter the code from Figure 8-20 on page 509.
The TextPad window displays the code to open the data file connection
(Figure 8-23).

try block

file constructor

code to display
message box

catch block

code to exit the program

FIGURE 8-23

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