applet wont read file

Is there any exception thrown there?
What happens when you try to read it in the applet?

You need to use URLConnection to read file on server
reason beij gthat your applet runs on the client and  not the server

if you want to get the URL of the server where the applet hosted, you can use the getCodeBase() method of the applet...

InputStream in = url.openStream();

see the link I have posted has an example of how tot make url connection and read a file...

Hi, Many thanks to you both for your comments.Currently as it stands I have an applet with the above code in residing in a folder on my desktop, the files it wants to open are sat in the same folder as it. When I use applet viewer, it has no problem opening the files as I want, when I try to run the web page with the applet embedded in it, it just wont open the files.... I dont know if this is something to do with the security settings etc in place on my computer. I always allow the applet to run when prompted, so I could not see it being a problem. At the moment I am not to worried about getting to run over the web or whatever, just to get it working on my computer is what I really need! Again many thanks for your help!

John

did you try the example in the link I have posted?

Hi, Thanks again to both of you, I understand now what both of you are telling me, its just that I don't exactly know how to solve the problem by integrating any of the code into the above as I am not exactly sure how it works!
I know I will have to import java.net.*
then, how do I modify this so that I get a stream of the integers from the file, as is  happening with my above code:

try {

    URL                url;
    URLConnection      urlConn;
    DataInputStream    dis;

    url = new URL("http://webserver.our-intranet.com/ToDoList/ToDoList.txt");


    urlConn = url.openConnection();
    urlConn.setDoInput(true);
    urlConn.setUseCaches(false);

    dis = new DataInputStream(urlConn.getInputStream());
    String s;
 
    toDoList.clear();
 
    while ((s = dis.readLine()) != null) {
      toDoList.addItem(s);
    }
    dis.close();
    }
    catch (MalformedURLException mue) {}
    catch (IOException ioe) {}
  }
}

I have tried the following, unfortunately it keeps telling me that there is no nextByte, I just want to read each byte out of the stream as an integer and use the integer in another part of my program.


      try {

                      URL                url;
                      URLConnection      urlConn;
                      DataInputStream    dis;
                  
                           url = new URL(getCodeBase().toString() + fileName);
                  
                      // Note:  a more portable URL:
                      //url = new URL(getCodeBase().toString() + "/ToDoList/ToDoList.txt");
                  
                      urlConn = url.openConnection();
                      urlConn.setDoInput(true);
                      urlConn.setUseCaches(false);
                  
                      dis = new DataInputStream(urlConn.getInputStream());
                      int s;
                  
                      while ((s = dis.nextByte) != null) {
                             //not null against an int not allowed
                        //output s as an integer here
                      }
                      dis.close();
                      }
                      catch (MalformedURLException mue) {}
                      catch (IOException ioe) {}

You might not have read permissions for the file!!

This problem is such a headache! I had my original code working no problem, would it be possible for either of you to modify my original posted code so it does the same job, but is able to read the files from where ever they are stored?? I  normally dont ask for my code to be modified, and generally work it out myself, but on this occasion I am really stuck and don't understand how to do it and need it rather urgently!!!
Thanks for all your help!