Text File Access on school server help!!!!

Question

I am writing a poll applet for my school website and this is what i have:
import javax.swing.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
//import java.net.URL;
public class Poll extends Applet implements ActionListener
     static final long serialVersionUID=64154651;
     private String input;
     private BufferedReader inputStream;
     private int option1=0;
     private int option2=0;
     private int option3=0;
     public Poll()
     public void start()
          setLayout(new GridLayout(3,1));
          input=JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"Enter your school ID");
          Button choice1=new Button("1: Ben is cool");
          choice1.setActionCommand("1");
          choice1.addActionListener(this);
          add(choice1);
          Button choice2=new Button("2: Ben is Sweet");
          choice2.setActionCommand("2");
          choice2.addActionListener(this);
          add(choice2);
          Button choice3=new Button("3: Ben is Nerdy");
          choice3.setActionCommand("3");
          choice3.addActionListener(this);
          add(choice3);
          setVisible(true);
          //while(true);
     public void stop()
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
          String action=e.getActionCommand();
          //JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Action");
          try
               inputStream = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("poll1.txt"));
               PrintWriter pw=new PrintWriter(new FileOutputStream("poll3.txt"));
               String line= inputStream.readLine();
               StringTokenizer st;
               while(line!=null)
                    pw.println(line);
                    st= new StringTokenizer(line);
                    switch(st.nextToken().charAt(0))
                         case '1':     option1++;
                                        break;
                         case '2':     option2++;
                                        break;
                         case '3':     option3++;
                                        break;
                    line=inputStream.readLine();
               if(action.equals("1"))
                    pw.println("1 "+input);
                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"You voted Ben is cool");
               if(action.equals("2"))
                    pw.println("2 "+input);
                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"You voted Ben is sweet");
               if(action.equals("3"))
                    pw.println("3 "+input);
                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"You voted Ben is nerdy");
               JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Votes for choice 1: "+option1+"\nVotes for choice 2: "+option2+"\nVotes for choice 3: "+option3);
               JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Thank you for your opinion!");
               pw.close();
               inputStream.close();
               inputStream = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("poll3.txt"));
               pw=new PrintWriter(new FileOutputStream("poll1.txt"));
               line= inputStream.readLine();
               while(line!=null)
                    pw.println(line);
                    line=inputStream.readLine();
               pw.close();
          catch(FileNotFoundException ex)
               JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"File poll.txt not found.");
               System.out.println("File poll1.txt not found.");
          catch(IOException ex)
               JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Error reading from file message.txt.");
               System.out.println("Error reading from file message.txt.");
          catch(Exception ex)
               JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,ex.toString());
          destroy();
          System.exit(0);
     public static void main(String[] args)
          Poll p= new Poll();
          p.start();
When I run the applet on the local folder offline in eclipse applet viewer, it works, when I put it on a website, I get a security exception saying that I cant read poll1.txt. How do I read and write to text files that will be up on the same ftp as the class file?

Answer 1

When I run the applet on the local folder offline in
eclipse applet viewer, it works, when I put it on a
website, I get a security exception saying that I
cant read poll1.txt. Think about it, you're trying to read a file on someone else's machine. That's a super mega security violation.