File-a-Box

Description

I wanted to make a program that i could have running on my desktop and that if i was to drop a file on, it would sort into a predetermined folder, E.G word files moved to documents, Music files to my music, .java files moved to code folder.

I wanted to make it attractive enough to have on the main desktop so i created the JFrame with transparency, and used an icon, the background was generated in Photoshop, The Sub Menu is available on the right click allowing to set the file types

The file type are limited to some of the more common file types “.doc” “.docx” etc.

I was using the excellent Apache Commons FileFutils to move files, this allowed for clean moving of the files.

Learning Goals:

• Create an attractive intuitive GUI for a small program
• Create and use Sub-menus
• Use royalty free Icons in a project

Languages used:

JAVA