Applet = PropertyPermission user.dir read

Question

Have applet with package name of FileSave.
Running JBuilder5 and have no problems....
Complied no problems....
But when I put the classes and html in a directory other than jbuilder directory I get
java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.util.PropertyPermission user.dir read)
Getting directory by:
String curDir = System.getProperty("user.dir");Also tried:
String curDir = new File(".").getAbsolutePath();  //File dir from Jbuilder project directory
String fileDir = curDir.substring(0,curDir.length()-1); // Remove last "." from directoryTried setting permissions but NO SUCCESS !!!
FilePermission p = new FilePermission("C:\\Kyle\\Java\\FileSave\\userdata.txt", "read");
FilePermission p1 = new FilePermission("user.dir", "read");
Any Ideas ???
html applet is
<applet
code = "pwise.class"
hspace = "0"
vspace = "0"
align = "top"
width = 512
height = 384
>
Kyle

Answer 1

I have a similar problem. I wrote a signed applet that shows a file chooser to select the files to be processed and uploaded. With jre 1.4.0.2 I had no problem. With jre 1.4.2.05 an exception is thrown when the file chooser tries to retrieve the user.dir property.
I tried to grant all permission to the applet launching the java plug-in with a particular security policy
grant codeBase "my codebase" {
permission java.security.AllPermission;
So the system doesn't ask me if I accept the applet certificate and grants me permission to write file to disk
but still the exception is thrown when the file chooser tries to retrieve the user.dir property.
Any suggestion?