// generate load request and send it to system
if(fileChooserDialog.showOpenDialog(parent) == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
final File dir = fileChooserDialog.getCurrentDirectory();
//File projFile = fileChooserDialog.getSelectedFile();
VisualGraph.config.setProperty(StorablePlugin.DEF_LAST_STORABLE_DIR, fileChooserDialog.getCurrentDirectory().getAbsolutePath());
UIRequestLoadProject requestLoadProject = new UIRequestLoadProject(dir.getPath(), null);
param.userInterface.reset();
param.userInterface.addRequest(requestLoadProject);
Thread thread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {