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I have an applet that displays a variety of information about students
(basic info, schedule, grades, attendance, etc.) via database tables.  I'm
needing to add student picture display capability, which I've been able to
do in a test scenario.

The student pictures will be JPG files, and I can load them OK as long as
they're in the same folder as the applet/class.  However, I need to read a
CSV file to determine which JPG file to use for a student.  A few sample
records are:

"JONES, ROBERT","09","M","157.JPG"
"WILLIAMS, SARAH","10","F","193.JPG"
"WOODLOW, JAMES","11","M",287.JPG"

I have successfully read the CSV file via a small test APPLICATION, using
File, LineNumberReader, StreamTokenizer, and StringReader objects.  I've
been able to access the CSV file using an absolute file name or a relative
name (to the user.dir value).

However, even though I read somewhere that you can open/read a file from an
APPLET as long as it was in the same folder as the applet/class (or a
subfolder), I can't figure out how to do so.  The applet won't run if I use
the following statement in it:

System.getProperty("user.dir")

(I was just trying to see what the user directory is when run as an applet.)

Any ideas on how I could read in a CSV file from an applet -- mainly how to
specify the path?

(The CSV file is created by a third party piece of software external to my
applet, so I pretty much need to use it.)

Thank you.