Newbie problem: FileReader (from a existing file in Windows)

[JavaSun]

Hi!

I use Netbeans 4.0. I want to show the 'My favourites links' from Explorer in a 'dropdown list'. The path where this file is placed use to be this: C:\Documents\Smith\Favorites\Links in Windows. I can read and handle files that I create but I do not see the solution for an existing file in Windows.

Thanks.

 

[sedj]

Whats your question exactly - don't quite follow ...

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[Diancecht]

Here you have an example:

http://www.captain.at/programming/java/

If you don't want to display the dialog, you just need to know the path and filename.

Cheers,
Dian

 

[JavaSun]

OK. I will try to explain it better. All I want to do is to access, read and show local files from a JAVA applet. The files that I want to open and show are those favourites’ websites addresses’ that the user save in Explorer. I mean when you are surfing and find a site you like you save it in ‘Favourites’. Windows save them in C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Favourites\Links. And there is my problem. I do not know how to open, read and show from existing files in Windows.

Thanks

 

[sedj]

Sorry, don't use Windows !

So, is your question "How to I read a file" ? If so, then perhaps you should read this :

http://javaalmanac.com/egs/java.io/ReadLinesFromFile.html

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[sedj]

BTW, the applet will have to be signed, as an applet is not allowed to access th file system by default for security reasons. Google for "signed applet" to learn more.

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[Diancecht]

The example I gave you shows the way.

The favourite files are regural text files, you just need to read them and extract the URL contained in them.

Cheers,
Dian

 

[stefanwagner]

check out the javadocs for java.lang.System:

public static String getenv(String name)

Gets the value of the specified environment variable. An environment variable is a system-dependent external named value.

if you want to find the user-specific directory.

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[JavaSun]

Now I am starting to see the light. Thanks you all