Loading a file into a GUI

Hello there, i'm having real problems trying to implement a way for my GUI to load a file (in this case a text file) and then display the contents. I have used the following code to implement the part of the Menu to instigate this method, but I am unsure how to actually write the "openFile();" method to do the action.

JMenuItem openItem =new JMenuItem("Open");

openItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_O, SHORTCUT_MASK));

openItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){

publicvoid actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){ openFile();}

});

fileMenu.add(openItem);

Any help will be greatly appeciated.

cjr87.

[943 byte] By [cjr87a] at [2007-11-26 23:53:03]