Opening a .txt file from an application

Question

I have an application that extends JFrame. There is a JButton that I want to use to open a file called
"Instructions.txt."
and the path to the file is
"E:\CM0112\Code\Instructions.txt".
I want to open this file using TextPad, I have tried the code
Runtime.getRuntime.().exec()but I keep getting compile errors. Any hints would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

try this code
public class Open
  public static void main(String[] args)
     String line;
     EasyReader inFile = new EasyReader("instructions.txt")
     if(inFile.bad())
        System.out.println(" *** Can't Open instructions.txt *** ");
        System.exit(1);
     while((line = inFile.readLine()) != null)
       //implement your own code, each time loop executes
       //line is the next line in the file until it is null.
  Go to www.rfrank.net/cs-labs/1400-tasmania/EasyReader.java to find EasyReader.java