An applet that has to read data from a binary file

Question

Hello,
I'm writing a simple applet-based trivia game. I want to send the questions together with the applet class as a binary file (I first created an object for a single question, then had an array of questions, then serilaized it and called the file "question.bin").
I can't get it work, though. Here is what I've done:
     File file = new File("questions.bin");
     try {
         FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
         ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(fis);
         questions = (Question[])in.readObject();
         in.close();
     catch (Exception exp) {
         layout.show(this, "errorMessagePanel");
         repaint();
     }Not only that it doesn't work, it doesn't even execute the catch part. What have I done wrong? How will I do it right?
Thanks is advance.

Answer 1

Oops, forgot to mention that I had put the applet class, Question.class and question.bun in a jar file and specified it as the archive in the applet tag.
The problem seems to be that file in null even after File file = new File("questions.bin"); has been executed.