Problem about writing txt file and utl_put_line

After some research on the internet I found the way how to writre files from Oracle 11g to a txt file.
I read that utl_put_line only holds 32k per line and adds a new line at the end of each row but my problem it´s that if I want to open the file with SQL Server :D it doesn't recognize the CRLF so there is no end line and the last column has the data from the next row. The files are created on Linux so if I open them on Windows i have to convert into DOS format but if I try to open that file with Excel everything works fine, so I was wondering if there is a limit of columns or number of characters that can be on a txt file.
There is my pl sql that I used to create my txt files:
-------------------CODE-----------------------------
declare
cursor r1 is
select * from dqstage.st_nomdetalle
where sistema = 'NOR'
and procesar = 0
and identidad=02;
cursor r2 ( p_parid number) is
select * from dqstage.st_nomsubdetalle
where par_id = p_parid
and procesar = 0
and sistema = 'NOR'
and substr(nombrearchivo,6,2)=02;
vcadena varchar2(4000);
--vcadena1 varchar2(4000);
vcadena1 clob;
vcadena2 long;
c number:=0;
vencabezados long;
archivo sys.utl_file.file_type;
begin
archivo:= SYS.UTL_FILE.FOPEN(location=>'UPEPE_DIR',filename=>'nor02.txt',open_mode=>'w',max_linesize=>32767);
vencabezados :='FILEID|NOMBREARCHIVO|TIPOREGISTRO|IDENTIFICADORREGISTRO|FECHAEMISIONPAGO|CLAVETIPONOMINA|CLAVECT|TURNOCT|RFC|CURP|NUMEMPLEADOESTATAL'
||'|NUMSEGURIDADSOCIAL|NOMBRECOMPLETO|NOMBRES|PRIMERAPELLIDO|SEGUNDOAPELLIDO|CODIGOPAGADURIA|IDORIGENPRESUPUESTALPLAZA|CLAVEPRESUPUESTAL|'
||'PARTIDAPRESUPUESTAL|CODIGOPAGO|CLAVEUNIDAD|CLAVESUBUNIDAD|CLAVECATEGORIA|HSM|NUMEROPLAZA|CLAVENIVELPUESTO|CLAVENIVELSUELDO|ZONAECONOMICA|'
||'PERCEPCIONNETA|CLABECUENTA|NUMEROCHEQUE|CLAVEMOTIVOPAGORETROACTIVO|NUMTOTALPERDED|ERRORES|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO1|CONCEPTOPAGO1|MONTO1|PERIODODEL1|PERIODOAL1|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO1|ORIGEN1|ERRORES1|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO2|CONCEPTOPAGO2|MONTO2|PERIODODEL2|PERIODOAL2|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO2|ORIGEN2|ERRORES2|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO3|CONCEPTOPAGO3|MONTO3|PERIODODEL3|PERIODOAL3|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO3|ORIGEN3|ERRORES3|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO4|CONCEPTOPAGO4|MONTO4|PERIODODEL4|PERIODOAL4|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO4|ORIGEN4|ERRORES4|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO5|CONCEPTOPAGO5|MONTO5|PERIODODEL5|PERIODOAL5|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO5|ORIGEN5|ERRORES5|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO6|CONCEPTOPAGO6|MONTO6|PERIODODEL6|PERIODOAL6|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO6|ORIGEN6|ERRORES6|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO7|CONCEPTOPAGO7|MONTO7|PERIODODEL7|PERIODOAL7|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO7|ORIGEN7|ERRORES7|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO8|CONCEPTOPAGO8|MONTO8|PERIODODEL8|PERIODOAL8|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO8|ORIGEN8|ERRORES8|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO9|CONCEPTOPAGO9|MONTO9|PERIODODEL9|PERIODOAL9|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO9|ORIGEN9|ERRORES9|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO10|CONCEPTOPAGO10|MONTO10|PERIODODEL10|PERIODOAL10|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO10|ORIGEN10|ERRORES10|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO11|CONCEPTOPAGO11|MONTO11|PERIODODEL11|PERIODOAL11|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO11|ORIGEN11|ERRORES11|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO12|CONCEPTOPAGO12|MONTO12|PERIODODEL12|PERIODOAL12|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO12|ORIGEN12|ERRORES12|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO13|CONCEPTOPAGO13|MONTO13|PERIODODEL13|PERIODOAL13|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO13|ORIGEN13|ERRORES13|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO14|CONCEPTOPAGO14|MONTO14|PERIODODEL14|PERIODOAL14|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO14|ORIGEN14|ERRORES14|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO15|CONCEPTOPAGO15|MONTO15|PERIODODEL15|PERIODOAL15|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO15|ORIGEN15|ERRORES15|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO16|CONCEPTOPAGO16|MONTO16|PERIODODEL16|PERIODOAL16|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO16|ORIGEN16|ERRORES16|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO17|CONCEPTOPAGO17|MONTO17|PERIODODEL17|PERIODOAL17|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO17|ORIGEN17|ERRORES17|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO18|CONCEPTOPAGO18|MONTO18|PERIODODEL18|PERIODOAL18|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO18|ORIGEN18|ERRORES18|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO19|CONCEPTOPAGO19|MONTO19|PERIODODEL19|PERIODOAL19|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO19|ORIGEN19|ERRORES19|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO20|CONCEPTOPAGO20|MONTO20|PERIODODEL20|PERIODOAL20|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO20|ORIGEN20|ERRORES20|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO21|CONCEPTOPAGO21|MONTO21|PERIODODEL21|PERIODOAL21|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO21|ORIGEN21|ERRORES21|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO22|CONCEPTOPAGO22|MONTO22|PERIODODEL22|PERIODOAL22|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO22|ORIGEN22|ERRORES22|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO23|CONCEPTOPAGO23|MONTO23|PERIODODEL23|PERIODOAL23|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO23|ORIGEN23|ERRORES23|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO24|CONCEPTOPAGO24|MONTO24|PERIODODEL24|PERIODOAL24|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO24|ORIGEN24|ERRORES24|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO25|CONCEPTOPAGO25|MONTO25|PERIODODEL25|PERIODOAL25|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO25|ORIGEN25|ERRORES25|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO26|CONCEPTOPAGO26|MONTO26|PERIODODEL26|PERIODOAL26|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO26|ORIGEN26|ERRORES26|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO27|CONCEPTOPAGO27|MONTO27|PERIODODEL27|PERIODOAL27|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO27|ORIGEN27|ERRORES27|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO28|CONCEPTOPAGO28|MONTO28|PERIODODEL28|PERIODOAL28|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO28|ORIGEN28|ERRORES28|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO29|CONCEPTOPAGO29|MONTO29|PERIODODEL29|PERIODOAL29|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO29|ORIGEN29|ERRORES29|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO30|CONCEPTOPAGO30|MONTO30|PERIODODEL30|PERIODOAL30|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO30|ORIGEN30|ERRORES30|'
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||'TIPOCONCEPTO32|CONCEPTOPAGO32|MONTO32|PERIODODEL32|PERIODOAL32|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO32|ORIGEN32|ERRORES32|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO33|CONCEPTOPAGO33|MONTO33|PERIODODEL33|PERIODOAL33|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO33|ORIGEN33|ERRORES33|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO34|CONCEPTOPAGO34|MONTO34|PERIODODEL34|PERIODOAL34|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO34|ORIGEN34|ERRORES34|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO35|CONCEPTOPAGO35|MONTO35|PERIODODEL35|PERIODOAL35|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO35|ORIGEN35|ERRORES35|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO36|CONCEPTOPAGO36|MONTO36|PERIODODEL36|PERIODOAL36|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO36|ORIGEN36|ERRORES36|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO37|CONCEPTOPAGO37|MONTO37|PERIODODEL37|PERIODOAL37|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO37|ORIGEN37|ERRORES37|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO38|CONCEPTOPAGO38|MONTO38|PERIODODEL38|PERIODOAL38|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO38|ORIGEN38|ERRORES38|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO39|CONCEPTOPAGO39|MONTO39|PERIODODEL39|PERIODOAL39|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO39|ORIGEN39|ERRORES39|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO40|CONCEPTOPAGO40|MONTO40|PERIODODEL40|PERIODOAL40|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO40|ORIGEN40|ERRORES40|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO41|CONCEPTOPAGO41|MONTO41|PERIODODEL41|PERIODOAL41|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO41|ORIGEN41|ERRORES41|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO42|CONCEPTOPAGO42|MONTO42|PERIODODEL42|PERIODOAL42|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO42|ORIGEN42|ERRORES42|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO43|CONCEPTOPAGO43|MONTO43|PERIODODEL43|PERIODOAL43|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO43|ORIGEN43|ERRORES43|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO44|CONCEPTOPAGO44|MONTO44|PERIODODEL44|PERIODOAL44|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO44|ORIGEN44|ERRORES44|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO45|CONCEPTOPAGO45|MONTO45|PERIODODEL45|PERIODOAL45|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO45|ORIGEN45|ERRORES45|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO46|CONCEPTOPAGO46|MONTO46|PERIODODEL46|PERIODOAL46|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO46|ORIGEN46|ERRORES46|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO47|CONCEPTOPAGO47|MONTO47|PERIODODEL47|PERIODOAL47|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO47|ORIGEN47|ERRORES47|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO48|CONCEPTOPAGO48|MONTO48|PERIODODEL48|PERIODOAL48|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO48|ORIGEN48|ERRORES48|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO49|CONCEPTOPAGO49|MONTO49|PERIODODEL49|PERIODOAL49|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO49|ORIGEN49|ERRORES49|'
||'TIPOCONCEPTO50|CONCEPTOPAGO50|MONTO50|PERIODODEL50|PERIODOAL50|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO50|ORIGEN50|ERRORES50';
--||'TIPOCONCEPTO51|CONCEPTOPAGO51|MONTO51|PERIODODEL51|PERIODOAL51|FUENTEFINANCIAMIENTO51|ORIGEN51|ERRORES51';
sys.utl_file.put_line(archivo, vencabezados);
for i in r1 loop
c:=c+1;
vcadena := i.fileid||'|'||i.nombrearchivo||'|'||i.tiporegistro||'|'||i.identificadorregistro||'|'||i.fechaemisionpago||'|'||i.clavetiponomina||'|'||i.clavect||'|'||i.turnoct||'|'||i.rfc
||'|'||i.curp||'|'||i.numempleadoestatal||'|'||i.numseguridadsocial||'|'||i.nombrecompleto||'|'||i.nombres||'|'||i.primerapellido||'|'||i.segundoapellido||'|'||i.codigopagaduria
||'|'||i.idorigenpresupuestalplaza||'|'||i.clavepresupuestal||'|'||i.partidapresupuestal||'|'||i.codigopago||'|'||i.claveunidad||'|'||i.clavesubunidad||'|'||i.clavecategoria||'|'||i.hsm
||'|'||i.numeroplaza||'|'||i.clavenivelpuesto||'|'||i.clavenivelsueldo||'|'||i.zonaeconomica||'|'||i.percepcionneta||'|'||i.clabecuenta||'|'||i.numerocheque||'|'||i.clavemotivopagoretroactivo
||'|'||i.numtotalperded||'|'||i.errores;
vcadena1:=null;
for j in r2 (i.fileid) loop
vcadena1 := vcadena1||'|'|| j.tipoconcepto||'|'||j.conceptopago||'|'||j.monto||'|'||j.periododel||'|'||j.periodoal||'|'||j.fuentefinanciamiento ||'|'||j.origen||'|'||j.errores;
end loop;
sys.utl_file.put_line(archivo, vcadena2);
end loop;
sys.utl_file.fclose(archivo);
end;
As you can see I write the column names first and with a loop I add the data, so I can have a very large column at the end.
How can I add the CRLF at the end of each line to have it working with Windows?

user2068122 wrote:
After some research on the internet I found the way how to writre files from Oracle 11g to a txt file.
I read that utl_put_line only holds 32k per line and adds a new line at the end of each row but my problem it´s that if I want to open the file with SQL Server :D it doesn't recognize the CRLF so there is no end line and the last column has the data from the next row. The files are created on Linux so if I open them on Windows i have to convert into DOS format but if I try to open that file with Excel everything works fine, so I was wondering if there is a limit of columns or number of characters that can be on a txt file.
<snip>
Oracle is simply passing a string of characters to the OS to be written to a file in the host OS's native text format. That format is different from Windows and nix. Windows will append a CR-LF pair to the end of the provided character string, as its end-of-record delimiter. nix will append only a CR (or is it LF?) as its end-of-record delimiter. This is purely and OS issue that Oracle knows or cares nothing about. It is also something that must always be kept in mind when passing files between *nix and Windows.

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                       tempStorage[counter] = (sortHelp[counter][1] + sortHelp[counter][0]);
                  return (tempStorage);
             public static String[] sortEm(String[] array, int len)
                 java.util.Arrays.sort(array);
                 return array;
             public static void splitString(String[] splitString){
                int counter;
                for (counter = 0; counter <= employeeNumber; counter++){
                     sortHelp[counter][0]=splitString[counter].substring( 5 );
                     sortHelp[counter][1]=splitString[counter].substring(0,5);
             void setLabel(String newText) {
                 AnswerField.setText(newText);
             void writetoHR(String local) throws IOException {
                  FileOutputStream outFile = new FileOutputStream ("C:\\Documents and Settings\\Abraham\\humanresource4\\src\\humanresource4\\HR2.txt");
                   BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(outFile));
                   out.write(local+"the preceding employee number is not in our database, but has submitted a request. Please sort out the issue");
                   System.exit(0);
             public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
                  boolean flag=false;
                  String local=IDField.getText();
                  local trim();
                  int i=0;
                  while((i<employeeNumber)&&(flag==false)){
                       if (sortHelp[1]==local) {
               flag=true;
          else {
     i++;
     trialCounter++;
     if (trialCounter>=3)
          try {
               writetoHR(local);
          } catch (IOException exception) {
setLabel("We are sorry. The program has encountered an unexpected error and must now close");
          } finally {
     if (flag==false)
          setLabel("Your ID number does not exist in our records. Verify your ID and try again.");
     else {
          final Map m = new HashMap();
          m.put("04","Your pay is calculated by multiplying your working hours by the amount per hour. If both of these fields are satisfactory to you, please contact humanresource.");
          m.put("03", "Hourly amount was calculated by the system, by dividing your yearly pay 26 and then 80.");
          m.put("07", "Overtime pay was calculated by multiplying regular hourly pay by 1.1");
          m.put("06", "The overtime hourly pay was multiplied by the amount of overtime hours.");
          m.put("10", "For holiday hours, your pay is increased by 25%.");
          m.put("09", "The holiday hourly pay was multiplied by your amount of holiday hours.");
          m.put("11", "Your total pay was calculated by adding all the separate types of payment to your name.");
          m.put("17", "Your net pay was found by subtracting the amount withheld from your account.");
          m.put("19", "Your sick hours remaining were taken from a pool of 96 hours.");
setLabel(m.get(LineField.getText()));
private static void CreateAndShowGUI() {
JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
Personnel GUI = new Personnel();
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
          String[] temporary = new String[employeeNumber];
          ArrayCreate();
temporary = joinString();
temporary = sortEm(temporary, employeeNumber);
splitString(temporary);
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
CreateAndShowGUI();
int row;
int column;
     for (row = 0; row < (employeeNumber); row++) {    // verify proper output by ArrayCreate splitString
for (column = 0; column <= 2; column++) {
System.out.print(sortHelp[row][column]);
System.out.print(' ');
System.out.print(' ');
System.out.println();
Now that code above produces two errors. First of all.
local trim();produces the error:
Syntax error, insert "AssignmentOperator ArrayInitializer" to complete ArrayInitializerAssignementSecondly, if I take that into comments, the line
setLabel(m.get(LineField.getText()));Produces the error:
The method setLabel(String) in the type Personnel is not applicable for the arguments (Object)If anybody could help me solve these, I would be sincerely thankfull.
Now, before anybody asks as to why I want to trim the String in the first place, it is due to the fact that I compare it to another String that is without whitespaces. Thus the field that DOES have whitespaces was preventing me from launching into the if loop:
if (sortHelp[1]==local) {
               flag=true;
(within actionperformed) Or at least that's my explanation as to why the loop never launched. If it is wrong, can somebody please explain?)
I apologize for the horrible indentation and lack of comments. This is an unfinished version.. I'll be adding the comments last (won't that be a joy), as well as looking for things to cut down on and make the program more efficient.
Anyways,
Thanks in Advance,
---abe---

New to Applets: Problems wiht writing to files and with scroll panes.

Hi, I've recently graduated from university and so I have limited experience in java programming and I'm having some trouble with JApplets (this is the first time I've made one). I'm trying to make a simple program that will allow users to pick one of a few background images from a list (a list of jpanels within a scroll pane) then at the click of a button will output a CSS with the background tag set to the image location. This is for use on a microsoft sharepoint site where each user has a My-Sit area which I want to be customizable.
So far I've been creating this program as an application rather than a JApplet and just having another class that extends the JApplet Class which then displays the JFrame from the GUI Class. This initially didnt work because I was trying to add a window to a container so I kept programming it as an application until I got it working before trying to convert it to a JApplet. I solved the previous problem by changing my GUI class to extend JPanel instead of JFrame and it now displays correctly but with a coupe of issues.
Firstly the applet will not create/write to the CSS file. I read that applets couldnt read/write to the users file system but they could to their own. The file I wish to write to is kept on the same machine as the applet so I'm not sure why this isn't working.
Secondly the scroll panel is no longer working properly. This worked fine when I was still running the program as an application when the GUI still extended JFrame instead of JPanel (incidentally the program no longer runs as an application in this state) but now the scroll bar does not appear. This is a problem since I want the applet to remain the same size on the page even if I decide to add more backgrounds to the list. I tried setting the applet height/width to smaller values in the html file to see if the scroll bar would appear if the area was smaller than the GUI should be, but this just meant the bottom off the applet was cut off.
Could anyone offer any suggestion as to why these thigns arnt working and how to fix them? If necessary I can post my source code here. Thanks in advance.

Ok, well my program is made up of 4 classes, I hope this isnt too much to be posting. If any explaination is needed then I'll post that next. Theres lots of print lines scattered aroudn due to me trying to fix this and theres some stuff commented out from when the program used to be an application isntead of an applet.
GUI Class, this was the main class until I made a JApplet Class
public class AppletGUI extends JPanel{
    *GUI Components*
    //JFrames
    JFrame mainGUIFrame = new JFrame();
    JFrame changeBackgroundFrame = new JFrame();
    //JPanels (Sub-panels are indented)
    JPanel changeBackgroundJP = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
        JPanel changeBackgroundBottomJP = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1,2));
    JPanel backgroundJP = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1,2));
    JPanel selectBackground = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1,2));
    //Jbuttons
    JButton changeBackgroundJB = new JButton("Change Background");
    JButton defaultStyleJB = new JButton("Reset Style");
    //JLabels
    JLabel changeBackgroundJL = new JLabel("Choose a Background from the Menu");
    JLabel backgroundJL = new JLabel();
    //JScrollPane
    JScrollPane backgroundList = new JScrollPane();
        JPanel backgroundListPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout());
    //Action Listeners
    ButtonListener bttnLstnr = new ButtonListener();
    //Controllers
    CSSGenerator cssGenerator = new CSSGenerator();
    Backgrounds backgroundsController = new Backgrounds();
    backgroundMouseListener bgMouseListener = new backgroundMouseListener();
    //Flags
    Component selectedComponent = null;
    *Colour Changer*
    //this method is used to change the colour of a selected JP
    //selected JPs have their background darkered and when a
    //different JP is selected the previously seleced JP has its
    //colour changed back to it's original.
    public void changeColour(JPanel theJPanel, boolean isDarker){
    //set selected JP to a different colour
    Color tempColor = theJPanel.getBackground();
        if(isDarker){
            tempColor = tempColor.darker();
        else{
            tempColor = tempColor.brighter();
        theJPanel.setBackground(tempColor);
     //also find any sub-JPs and change their colour to match
     int j = theJPanel.getComponents().length;
     for(int i = 0; i < j; i++){
            String componentType = theJPanel.getComponent(i).getClass().getSimpleName();
            if(componentType.equals("JPanel")){
                theJPanel.getComponent(i).setBackground(tempColor);
    *Populating the GUI*
    //backgroundList.add();
    //Populating the Backgrounds List
    *Set Component Size Method*
    public void setComponentSize(Component component, int width, int height){
    Dimension tempSize = new Dimension(width, height);
    component.setSize(tempSize);
    component.setMinimumSize(tempSize);
    component.setPreferredSize(tempSize);
    component.setMaximumSize(tempSize);
    *Constructor*
    public AppletGUI() {
        //REMOVED CODE
        //AppletGUI.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
        //Component Sizes
        //setComponentSize
        //Adding Action Listeners to Components
        System.out.println("adding actions listeners to components");
        changeBackgroundJB.addActionListener(bttnLstnr);
        defaultStyleJB.addActionListener(bttnLstnr);
        //Populating the Change Background Menu
        System.out.println("Populating the window");
        backgroundsController.populateBackgroundsData();
        backgroundsController.populateBackgroundsList();
        //loops to add background panels to the JSP
        ArrayList<JPanel> tempBackgroundsList = new ArrayList<JPanel>();
        JPanel tempBGJP = new JPanel();
        tempBackgroundsList = backgroundsController.getBackgroundsList();
        int j = tempBackgroundsList.size();
        JPanel backgroundListPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(j,1));
        for(int i = 0; i < j; i++){
            tempBGJP = tempBackgroundsList.get(i);
            System.out.println("Adding to the JSP: " + tempBGJP.getName());
            //Add Mouse Listener
            tempBGJP.addMouseListener(bgMouseListener);
            backgroundListPanel.add(tempBGJP, i);
        //set viewpoing
        backgroundList.setViewportView(backgroundListPanel);
        /*TESTING
        System.out.println("\n\n TESTING!\n Printing Content of SCROLL PANE \n");
        j = tempBackgroundsList.size();
        for(int i = 0; i < j; i++){
            System.out.println(backgroundList.getComponent(i).getName());
        changeBackgroundJP.add(changeBackgroundJL, BorderLayout.NORTH);
        changeBackgroundJP.add(backgroundList, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        //changeBackgroundJP.add(tempBGJP, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        changeBackgroundJP.add(changeBackgroundBottomJP, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        changeBackgroundBottomJP.add(changeBackgroundJB);
        changeBackgroundBottomJP.add(defaultStyleJB);
        System.out.println("Finsihed populating");
        //REMOVED CODE
        //adding the Background Menu to the GUI and settign the GUI options
        //AppletGUI.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
        //this.setResizable(true);
        //this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        this.setLocation(500,500);
        this.setSize(400,300);
        this.add(changeBackgroundJP);
    //REMOVED CODE
     *Main Method*
    public static void main(String[] args){
       System.out.println("Creating GUI");
       AppletGUI theGUI = new AppletGUI();
       theGUI.setVisible(true);
       System.out.println("GUI Displayed");
     *Button Listener Inner Class*
    public class ButtonListener implements ActionListener{
        //check which button is clicked
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
            AbstractButton theButton = (AbstractButton)event.getSource();
            //Default Style Button
            if(theButton == defaultStyleJB){
                System.out.println("Default Style Button Clicked!");
            //Change Background Button
            if(theButton == changeBackgroundJB){
                System.out.println("Change Background Button Clicked!");
                String backgroundURL = cssGenerator.getBackground();
                if(backgroundURL != ""){
                    cssGenerator.setBackgroundChanged(true);
                    cssGenerator.setBackground(backgroundURL);
                    cssGenerator.outputCSSFile();
                    System.out.println("Backgroudn Changed, CSS File Written");
                else{
                    System.out.println("No Background Selected");
     *Mouse Listener Inner Class*
    public class backgroundMouseListener implements MouseListener{
        public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e){
            //get component
            JPanel tempBackgroundJP = new JPanel();
            tempBackgroundJP = (JPanel)e.getComponent();
            System.out.println("Background Panel Clicked");
            //change component colour
            if(selectedComponent == null){
                selectedComponent = tempBackgroundJP;
            else{
                changeColour((JPanel)selectedComponent, false);
                selectedComponent = tempBackgroundJP;
            changeColour((JPanel)selectedComponent, true);
            //set background URL
            cssGenerator.setBackground(tempBackgroundJP.getName());
        public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e){
        public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e){
        public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e){
        public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e){
}JApplet Class, this is what I plugged the GUI into after I made the change from Application to JApplet.
public class AppletTest extends JApplet{
    public void init() {
        System.out.println("Creating GUI");
        AppletGUI theGUI = new AppletGUI();
        theGUI.setVisible(true);
        Container content = getContentPane();
        content.setBackground(Color.white);
        content.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
        content.add(theGUI);
        AppletGUI theGUI = new AppletGUI();
        theGUI.setVisible(true);
        setContentPane(theGUI);
        System.out.println("GUI Displayed");
    public static void main(String[] args){
        AppletTest at = new AppletTest();
        at.init();
        at.start();
}The CSS Generator Class. This exists because once I have the basic program working I intend to expand upon it and add multiple tabs to the GUI, each one allowing the user to change different style options. Each style option to be changed will be changed wit ha different method in this class.
public class CSSGenerator {
    //Variables
    String background = "";
    ArrayList<String> backgroundCSS;
    //Flags
    boolean backgroundChanged = false;
    //Sets and Gets
    //For Variables
    public void setBackground(String theBackground){
        background = theBackground;
    public String getBackground(){
        return background;
    //For Flags
    public void setBackgroundChanged(boolean isBackgroundChanged){
        backgroundChanged = isBackgroundChanged;
    public boolean getBackgroundChanged(){
        return backgroundChanged;
    //background generator
    public ArrayList<String> backgroundGenerator(String backgroundURL){
        //get the URL for the background
        backgroundURL = background;
        //creat a new array list of strings
        ArrayList<String> backgroundCSS = new ArrayList<String>();
        //add the strings for the background options to the array list
        backgroundCSS.add("body");
        backgroundCSS.add("{");
        backgroundCSS.add("background-image: url(" + backgroundURL + ");");
        backgroundCSS.add("background-color: #ff0000");
        backgroundCSS.add("}");
        return backgroundCSS;
    //Write CSS to File
    public void outputCSSFile(){
        try{
            //Create CSS file
            System.out.print("creating file");
            FileWriter cssWriter = new FileWriter("C:/Documents and Settings/Gwilym/My Documents/Applet Data/CustomStyle.css");
            System.out.print("file created");
            System.out.print("creating buffered writer");
            BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(cssWriter);
            System.out.print("buffered writer created");
            //check which settings have been changed
            //check background flag
            if(getBackgroundChanged() == true){
                System.out.print("retrieving arraylist");
                ArrayList<String> tempBGOptions = backgroundGenerator(getBackground());
                System.out.print("arraylist retrieved");
                int j = tempBGOptions.size();
                for(int i = 0; i < j ; i++){
                    System.out.print("writing to the file");
                    out.write(tempBGOptions.get(i));
                    out.newLine();
                    System.out.print("written to the file");
            out.close();
        }catch (Exception e){//Catch exception if any
            System.out.println("Error: Failed to write CSS file");
    /** Creates a new instance of CSSGenerator */
    public CSSGenerator() {
}The Backgrounds Class. This class exists because I didnt want there to just be a hardcoded lsit of backgrounds, I wanted it to be possible to add new ones to the list without simply lettign users upload their own images (since the intended users are kids and this sharepoint site is used for educational purposes, I dont want them uplaoded inapropraite backgrounds) but I do want the site admin to be able to add more images to the list. for this reason the backgrounds are taken from a list in a text file that will be stored in the same location as the applet, the file specifies the background name, where it is stored, and where a thumbnail image is stored.
public class Backgrounds {
    //Array Lists
    private ArrayList<JPanel> backgroundsList;
    private ArrayList<String> backgroundsData;
    //Set And Get Methods
    public ArrayList getBackgroundsList(){
        return backgroundsList;
    //ArrayList Population Methods
    public void populateBackgroundsData(){
        //decalre the input streams and create a new fiel hat points to the BackgroundsData file
        File backgroundsDataFile = new File("C:/Documents and Settings/Gwilym/My Documents/Applet Data/BackgroundsData.txt");
        FileInputStream backgroundsFIS = null;
        BufferedInputStream backgroundsBIS = null;
        DataInputStream backgroundsDIS = null;
        try {
            backgroundsFIS = new FileInputStream(backgroundsDataFile);
            backgroundsBIS = new BufferedInputStream(backgroundsFIS);
            backgroundsDIS = new DataInputStream(backgroundsBIS);
            backgroundsData = new ArrayList<String>();
            String inputtedData = null;
            //loops until it reaches the end of the file
            while (backgroundsDIS.available() != 0) {
                //reads in the data to be stored in an array list
                inputtedData = backgroundsDIS.readLine();
                backgroundsData.add(inputtedData);
        //TESTING
        System.out.println("\n\nTESTING: populateBackgroundsData()");
        int j = backgroundsData.size();
        for(int i = 0; i < j; i++){
            System.out.println("Index " + i + " = " + backgroundsData.get(i));
        System.out.println("\n\n");
        //close all stremas
        backgroundsFIS.close();
        backgroundsBIS.close();
        backgroundsDIS.close();
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            System.out.println("Error: File Not Found");
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Error: IO Exception Thrown");
    public void populateBackgroundsList(){
        backgroundsList = new ArrayList<JPanel>();
        int j = backgroundsData.size();
        System.out.println("number of backgrounds = " + j);
        backgroundsList = new ArrayList<JPanel>();
        for(int i = 0; i < j; i++){
            String tempBackgroundData = backgroundsData.get(i);
            JPanel backgroundJP = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1,2));
            JLabel backgroundNameJL = new JLabel();
            JLabel backgroundIconJL = new JLabel();
            //split the string string and egt the background name and URL
            String[] splitBGData = tempBackgroundData.split(",");
            String backgroundName = splitBGData[0];
            String backgroundURL = splitBGData[1];
            String backgroundIcon = splitBGData[2];
            System.out.println("\nbackgroundName = " + backgroundName);
            System.out.println("\nbackgroundURL = " + backgroundURL);
            System.out.println("\nbackgroundIcon = " + backgroundIcon + "\n");
            backgroundNameJL.setText(backgroundName);
            backgroundIconJL.setIcon(new javax.swing.ImageIcon(backgroundIcon));
            backgroundJP.add(backgroundNameJL);
            backgroundJP.add(backgroundIconJL);
            backgroundJP.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createBevelBorder(javax.swing.border.BevelBorder.RAISED));
            //Name the JP as the background URL so it can be found
            //May be useful sicne the data file may need to contain 3 fields in future
            //this is incase the preview image (icon) is different from the acctual background
            //most liekly in the case of more complex ppictures rather then repeating patterns
            backgroundJP.setName(backgroundURL);
            //Add the JP to the Array List
            backgroundsList.add(backgroundJP);
        //TESTING
        System.out.println("\n\nTESTING: populateBackgroundsList()");
        j = backgroundsList.size();
        for(int i = 0; i < j; i++){
            System.out.println("Index " + i + " = " + backgroundsList.get(i));
        System.out.println("\n\n");
}So thats my program so far, if theres anythign that needs clarifying then please jsut ask. Thank you very much for the help!

Reading .txt files and put it into a TextArea

Hi all,
I got a problem! I have to make something like a messenger.
I want to put the written text into a .txt file, after that I have to get the text out of the .txt file and put in into a TextArea.
I would ike it to to that like this:
">User 1
Hello!
>User 2
Hi!
Now here are my questions:
1: What is the moet easy way to do this ?
2: How could i put Enters into a .txt file with Java ?
3: How could i read all the text from the .txt file and put it into a TextArea WITH ENTERS ?
Thanks for your help!
Greetings, Jasper Kouwenberg

use JTextArea.read(new FileReader(fileName)) for reading.
and JTextArea.write(new FileWriter(fileName)) for writing.
The enters should be ok if the user press enter and adds a new line ("\n") to the text area component.
It will save the enter in the text file and load it correctly back to the text area.
If you want to add enter programmatically just add "\n" string to the text area component.

I have a VI and an attched .txt data file. Now I want to read the data from the .txt file and display it as an array in the front panel. But the result is not right. Any help?

I have a VI and an attched .txt data file. Now I want to read the data from the .txt file and display it as an array in the front panel. But the result is not right. Any help?
Attachments:
try2.txt ‏2 KB
read_array.vi ‏21 KB

The problem is in the delimiters in your text file. By default, Read From Spreadsheet File.vi expects a tab delimited file. You can specify a delimiter (like a space), but Read From Spreadsheet File.vi has a problem with repeated delimiters: if you specify a single space as a delimiter and Read From Spreadsheet File.vi finds two spaces back-to-back, it stops reading that line. Your file (as I got it from your earlier post) is delimited by 4 spaces.
Here are some of your choices to fix your problem.
1. Change the source file to a tab delimited file. Your VI will then run as is.
2. Change the source file to be delimited by a single space (rather than 4), then wire a string constant containing one space to the delimiter input of Read From Spreadsheet File.vi.
3. Wire a string constant containing 4 spaces to the delimiter input of Read From Spreadsheet File.vi. Then your text file will run as is.
Depending on where your text file comes from (see more comments below), I'd vote for choice 1: a tab delimited text file. It's the most common text output of spreadsheet programs.
Comments for choices 1 and 2: Where does the text file come from? Is it automatically generated or manually generated? Will it be generated multiple times or just once? If it's manually generated or generated just once, you can use any text editor to change 4 spaces to a tab or to a single space. Note: if you want to change it to a tab delimited file, you can't enter a tab directly into a box in the search & replace dialog of many programs like notepad, but you can do a cut and paste. Before you start your search and replace (just in the text window of the editor), press tab. A tab character will be entered. Press Shift-LeftArrow (not Backspace) to highlight the tab character. Press Ctrl-X to cut the tab character. Start your search and replace (Ctrl-H in notepad in Windows 2000). Click into the Find What box. Enter four spaces. Click into the Replace With box. Press Ctrl-V to paste the tab character. And another thing: older versions of notepad don't have search and replace. Use any editor or word processor that does.

How to encypt a .txt file and how to decrypt a same .txt file when i need

My requirement is i want to encrypt a .txt file and
keep it in some folder. In that file we put database connection
information. when ever we need that file we have to access it and decrypt
it. with that decrypted values we have make connection with database.
i am sending a code in which i wrote both encyption and decrytion in same file, but i want to do it separately.
Please help me regarding this.
package com.businessobjects;
import java.io.*;
import java.security.*;
import javax.crypto.*;
public class EncryptDecrypt
     public static void EncodeIt()
          try
          // generate Cipher objects for encoding and decoding
          Cipher itsocipher1 = Cipher.getInstance("DES");
          Cipher itsocipher2 = Cipher.getInstance("DES");
          // generate a KeyGenerator object
          KeyGenerator KG = KeyGenerator.getInstance("DES");
          System.out.println("Using algorithm " + KG.getAlgorithm());
          // generate a DES key
          Key mykey = KG.generateKey();
          // initialize the Cipher objects
          System.out.println("Initializing ciphers...");
          itsocipher1.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, mykey);
          itsocipher2.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, mykey);
          // creating the encrypting cipher stream
          //System.out.println("Creating the encrypting cipher stream...");
          /*FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream("Original.txt");
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("Encypt.txt");
          CipherInputStream cis1 = new CipherInputStream(fis, itsocipher1);
          // creating the decrypting cipher stream
          //System.out.println("Creating the decrypting cipher stream...");
          byte[] b1 = new byte[8];
int i1 = cis1.read(b1);
          while (i1 != -1)
               fos.write(b1, 0, i1);
               i1 = cis1.read(b1);
fis.close();
fos.close();*/
// writing the decrypted data to output file
FileInputStream fis1 = new FileInputStream("Encypt.txt");
FileOutputStream fos1 = new FileOutputStream(Decypt.txt");
CipherInputStream cis2 = new CipherInputStream(fis1, itsocipher2);
          byte[] b2 = new byte[8];
          int i2 = cis2.read(b2);
          while (i2 != -1)
               fos1.write(b2, 0, i2);
               i2 = cis2.read(b2);
fis1.close();
          fos1.close();
//cis1.close();
          cis2.close();
          catch (Exception e)
          System.out.println("Caught exception: " + e);
With regards
Pavankumar.

here is the solution you wanted it
uses password based encryption
but your requirements are for very badly
designed code
This is the encryption part
it converts the inputfile original.txt
into the outputfile encrypt.txt which
contains the original encrypted
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import javax.crypto.Cipher;
import javax.crypto.spec.PBEKeySpec;
import javax.crypto.spec.PBEParameterSpec;
import javax.crypto.SecretKey;
import javax.crypto.SecretKeyFactory;
public class PWBEncryption {
    // Salt
    static byte[] salt = {
        (byte)0xc7, (byte)0x73, (byte)0x21, (byte)0x8c,
        (byte)0x7e, (byte)0xc8, (byte)0xee, (byte)0x99
    // Iteration count
    static int count = 20;
    public PWBEncryption() {
    // params:
    // password   -> the pasword used to create the key
    // inputfile -> the file containing the stuff to be encrypted
    // i.e. original.txt
    // outputfile -> the file that will contain the encrypted stuff
    // i.e. encrypt.txt
    public static boolean doIt(char[] password,String inputfile,String outputfile){
        try{
            // Create PBE parameter set
            PBEParameterSpec pbeParamSpec = new PBEParameterSpec(salt, count);
            PBEKeySpec pbeKeySpec = new PBEKeySpec(password);
            // create secretkey
            SecretKeyFactory keyFac = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("PBEWithMD5AndDES");
            SecretKey pbeKey = keyFac.generateSecret(pbeKeySpec);
            // create cipher
            Cipher pbeCipher = Cipher.getInstance("PBEWithMD5AndDES");
            pbeCipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, pbeKey, pbeParamSpec);
            // read input
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