How do I center a java.awt.FileDialog on the screen

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Published on 2010-03-18T02:11:34Z Indexed on 2010/03/18 2:21 UTC
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I have never been able to figure this one out; the usual suspects don't work.

Given:

FileDialog                  dlg=null;

dlg=new FileDialog(owner,"Select File to Load",FileDialog.LOAD);
dlg.setFile(null);
dlg.setVisible(true);

is there any way to get that dialog centered?

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