Question on JTextArea.append(String str)

Hi All,
When i provide JTextArea.append("FMTL") it is showing me on the JTextArea but when i give it as
String item="Viswanadh";
JTextArea.append(item).this particular statement is remaming blank on the TextArea.
Any idea why this is happening and is there any other method to be used instead of append.???
Thanks in advance..
regards,
Viswanadh

class OnApplyFormat implements ActionListener{
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent formatevent){
          JComboBox source = (JComboBox) formatevent.getSource();
               String item = source.getSelectedItem().toString();
                 System.out.println("Selected Format is:"+item);
                 try
                   if ( item!=null )
                          System.out.println("Format is:"+item);
                 infoarea.append("FMTL");
               infoarea.append(item);
                 infoarea.append("\r\n");
               infoarea.append("FMTU");
               infoarea.append("\r\n");
               infoarea.append("wait 5");
               infoarea.append("\r\n");
          else
               throw new Exception("FormatNotFoundException");
                      }catch(Exception e){
                      e.printStackTrace();
}That is my code and still i am facing the same FMTL is not getting appended with the item variable.
Help me in solving this issue.
Thanks in advance.
regards,
Viswanadh

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