How can I make an applet look to the current directory to read a txt file in?

Question

I am using a File class passing only the file name as the contructor but forte still looks in "C:\forte_jdk\forte4j\bin\Events.txt" which is not my current directory for the project.
If leave it and ftp this applet to my web site I get an IOException.

Answer 1

I always find visual aids helpful. See below for screenshots & discriptions.
01. The Basics
When you create a new site & go into design view (in the example below it's the Home page), you'll see the following.
The white box is your page.
The grey box outside of that is your browser area.
The black & white checkered area is the Adobe Muse CC application chrome.
02. Add Box
Draw / Add your rectangle or text frame (text tool). I drew a rectangle, gave it a fill color of blue & turned the stroke from 1 to 0.
03. Extend & Snap to Browser Edge (Left)
Click, hold  and drag your mouse on the center adorner (adorner is the little squares that you can grab to resize your rectangle) until you resize your rectangle to the browser edge (the dark grey area) until you see a red line. This means you've 'snapped' one of the rectangle's edge to the browser edge.
04. Extend & Snap to Browser Edge (Right)
Repeat the process except do this for the right edge. In truth, it doesn't matter in which order you resize your rectangle to snap to the browser edges. The key thing is to be sure to do this for both sides of the rectangle & snap it to the browser edge (see the red line).
05. You're done! Preview.
06. Bonus!
Once again, you can make rectangles or text frames 100% width, BUT you can't do this with placed images.
However, you can do this with a rectangle or text frame. Then set the Fill of either the rectangle & text frame to be an Image & set the Fitting to 'Scale to Fill.'
(see below for example - I used a rectangle & changed it's Fill property)
Now when I preview, the image is 100% width. In truth, it's a 100% width rectangle with a fill of an image.