File handling problem

Question

I have an applet and its inside a jar file. The applet reads a text file and displays the data in a jframe.
When i run the jar file from the command line it reads the text file which is situated in the same directory as the jar file and displays the data in a jframe.
The problem is when i run the jar file inside an html file. The jar file doesnt find the text file which is situated in the same directory as the html file. The strange thing that i noticed is that if the file is on the desktop the jar file in the html file manages to read it.
Part were it reads file
FileReader fileStream = new FileReader("details.txt");
Does anyone know how I can make the jar file look in the folder were the html is situated and not search for the file on the desktop.
thanks

Answer 1

You could put your details.txt file into your JAR file and access it like this:
         try {
              URL url = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("details.txt");
              InputStream inputStream = url.openStream();
              InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader( inputStream );
         } catch(IOException ioex) {
              ioex.printStackTrace();
         }Alternatively, I suppose you could replace the line:
URL url = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("details.txt");with something that specifies the URL of your details.txt file:
URL url = new URL("http://www.yoururl.com/etc/details.txt");I haven't actually tried this second option myself though.