Read form file ok, try to write to same file : FileNotFound

Question

My application starts reads an xml file. When I try to write back to the XML file I get
javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: file:\C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\alzoid\My%20Documents\Netbeans%20Projects\Laptop\UserSettings.xml (The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect)
I did SOP for file.getAbsolutePath() before it read and writes and the ouput is the same:
"C:\Documents and Settings\alzoid\My Documents\Netbeans Projects\Laptop\UserSettings.xml"
Here is the code that reads (works):
public void fillToFile() {
        xmlFile = new File(TO_FILE_NAME);
        try {
            if(xmlFile.exists()) {
                setToPocketPC(db.parse(xmlFile));
            } else {
                createToPocketPC();
        } catch (SAXException se) {
                   se.printStackTrace();  
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
            ioe.printStackTrace();
    }Here is the code that throws the exception:
private void writeDocumentToFile(Document doc,String fileName){
       try {
        xmlFile = new File(fileName);  
        System.out.println(xmlFile.getAbsolutePath());
        source = new DOMSource(doc);
        result = new StreamResult(xmlFile);
        transformer.transform(source, result); //fails here
        xmlFile = null;
        source = null;
        result = null;
       } catch (TransformerConfigurationException tce) {
           tce.printStackTrace();
       } catch (TransformerException te) {
           te.printStackTrace();
       } /*catch (IOException ioe) {
           ioe.printStackTrace();
    }The strange thing is I tested the read/write last week and it worked. I did not change any code. If I copy the file:\c:\Documents%20and%20Settings.... Path into windows explorer it finds the file.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Al

Answer 1

I'm not sure why either, though the API docs mention "takes File to populate a StreamResult", which really does not make any sense. The File would be populated by the StreamResult. The way it is written would only make sense, at least to me, if the File was being used as input.
Glad I could help. Best of luck.
- Saish