Writing strings containing \0 characters into a TextField

Question

Hi,
I have a string containing one or more '\0' characters. I need to write it into a TextField and, for the purpose, I use the setText method.
What I get then is a substring containing only the characters before the first \0.
If I use a JTextField then I am able to see all the characters but if I try to copy and paste the content of the JTextField (using CTRL-C and CTRL-V) I get again a substring terminated by the first \0.
Could someone help me?

Answer 1

Hello again,
I wrote this program that will copy from one JTextField to another. are you trying to past to another application, if I past the string into ultraedit (text editor) I get the first word, I can't see a way around that?
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class SimpleApp extends JFrame {
public static void main(String args[]) {
SimpleApp aFrame = new SimpleApp();
JTextField myTextField = new JTextField("one\0two\0three\0four\0");
JTextField myTextField2 = new JTextField();
public SimpleApp() {
super("Frame");
getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
setResizable(false);
myTextField.setColumns(30);
myTextField2.setColumns(30);
getContentPane().add(myTextField, "Center");
getContentPane().add(myTextField2, "South");
pack();
show();
addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) { System.exit(0); }
}