Applet read server prop

Question

Hello
I cannot figure out how to get an applet, to read a simple properties file that is at the same directory level as the html/jsp file that loads it. I have tried below and it fails with fnf, even though if I put in the full url name in the browser it opens the fil directly. What dont I understand sufficiently to read the file and return a properties object? tia
public Properties getProps(String fname){
        Properties props = new Properties();
        InputStream propIn = null;
           String line;
           URL url = null;
        try {
            url = new URL(getCodeBase(), fname);
        } catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
            System.out.println("MalformedURLException");
            ex.printStackTrace();
        try {
            propIn = new FileInputStream(url.toString());
        } catch (FileNotFoundException ex1) {
            System.out.print("FileNotFoundException");
            ex1.printStackTrace();
        try {
            props.load(propIn);
        } catch (IOException ex2) {
            System.out.println("IOException on props.load()");
            ex2.printStackTrace();
            return props;
         }

Answer 1

Try something like
props.load((new URL(getCodeBase(), "user.props")).openStream());Bye.
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