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Greg:

Silly question, but the file adminCfg.txt *is* on the server with the
applet (and in the same dir as the HTML file), right?

-Rich

Greg Dickson wrote:
> 
> Thanks Rich
> Ive tried
>  URL myConfigFile = new URL( getDocumentBase(), "adminCfg.txt");
>  textArea1.append(myConfigFile + "\n");
>  InputStream inStream = myConfigFile.openStream();
>  BufferedReader thePage = new BufferedReader(
>         new InputStreamReader(
>         inStream));
> 
> and it still fails what am I missing
> do I have to lose the BufferedReader
> Greg
> 
> Rich Wilkman wrote in message <34BBA53A.32991AF3@corp.borland.com>...
> |Greg:
> |
> |You need to work with InputStreams instead of File based classes that
> |implement the security manager (and hence get killed in Applets).
> |You're already on the right track, but after you create your URL try
> |something like:
> |
> |InputStream iStr = myConfigFile.openStream();
> |
> |and then work with the read mechanisms off of InputStream.
> |
> |-Rich
> |
> |
> |Greg Dickson wrote:
> |>
> |> Hi guys
> |>
> |> I have been tring to read a file in the same directory on my web
> site
> |> (its a config file for the applet that I would prefer not to be a
> set
> |> of parameters)
> |> is this possible
> |> I have tried several things and I got this to work on IE4 but only
> on
> |> it
> |> try {
> |>  URL myConfigFile = new URL( getDocumentBase(), "config.txt");
> |>  URLConnection connectFile = myConfigFile.openConnection();
> |>  BufferedReader thePage = new BufferedReader(
> |>         new InputStreamReader(
> |>         connectFile.getInputStream()));
> |>
> |> this throws an
> |> AppletSecurityException:
> |> in all other browsers
> |>
> |> Hey I only want to read a file from wense I came is this possible
> yet
> |> or must the applet be signed ... etc to do just this
> |>
> |> Or via CGI
> |>
> |> thanks heaps Greg Dickson
> |> witchy@netserv.net.au