public LayeredPanelList openProject(){
        LayeredPanelList lstOut = null;
        fc = new JFileChooser(strProjectsDir);
        fc.showOpenDialog(compParent);

        //System.out.println(fc.getSelectedFile());
        try{
            if(fc.getSelectedFile() != null){
                this.strCurrentProject = fc.getSelectedFile().toString();
                ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(fc.getSelectedFile()));
                System.out.println(ois.readObject());
                lstOut = (LayeredPanelList) ois.readObject();
                System.out.println(lstOut.size());
            }

        }catch (IOException ioe){

        }catch(ClassNotFoundException cnf){

        }
        return lstOut;
    }