X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fio%2FFileLoader.java;h=971aba3374d3cabad422240afbc6f9f6f2d47a4f;hb=7fe4dbd0f30dd29c51daaf291d3710af7b1c88b9;hp=449c68577b21249f9f4d3ee763b61b3b9e5697b9;hpb=a7bc89415a6749ff89eb97f75fbc950a433a4935;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/io/FileLoader.java b/src/jalview/io/FileLoader.java
index 449c685..971aba3 100755
--- a/src/jalview/io/FileLoader.java
+++ b/src/jalview/io/FileLoader.java
@@ -96,32 +96,51 @@ public class FileLoader implements Runnable
   public void LoadFile(AlignViewport viewport, Object file,
           DataSourceType protocol, FileFormatI format)
   {
+    LoadFile(viewport, file, protocol, format, true);
+  }
+
+  public void LoadFile(AlignViewport viewport, Object file,
+          DataSourceType protocol, FileFormatI format, boolean async)
+  {
     this.viewport = viewport;
     if (file instanceof File)
     {
       this.selectedFile = (File) file;
       file = selectedFile.getPath();
     }
-    LoadFile(file.toString(), protocol, format);
+    LoadFile(file.toString(), protocol, format, async);
   }
 
   public void LoadFile(String file, DataSourceType protocol,
           FileFormatI format)
   {
+    LoadFile(file, protocol, format, true);
+  }
+
+  public void LoadFile(String file, DataSourceType protocol,
+          FileFormatI format, boolean async)
+  {
     this.file = file;
     this.protocol = protocol;
     this.format = format;
 
-    final Thread loader = new Thread(this);
-
-    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
+    if (async)
     {
-      @Override
-      public void run()
+      final Thread loader = new Thread(this);
+
+      SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
       {
-        loader.start();
-      }
-    });
+        @Override
+        public void run()
+        {
+          loader.start();
+        }
+      });
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      this.run();
+    }
   }
 
   /**