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1. Find text files in Jar    stackoverflow.com

I have an app which has to read from a text file (using FileInputStream). The text file is in the directory structure relative to the class file (eg. "../textdir/text.txt"). When I ...

2. How to include text files with Executable Jar    stackoverflow.com

Hi guys rookie Java question. I have a Java project and I want to include a text file with the executable jar. Right now the text file is in the default ...

3. How can I include data text files in a jar using Ant?    stackoverflow.com

In my src folder there is another folder called data which contains files data1.txt and data2.txt. The application loads a graph from these files in the initialization, so I want to ...

4. how to write into a text file in Java    stackoverflow.com

I am doing a project in java and in that i need to add and modify my text file at runtime,which is grouped in the jar. I am using class.getResourceAsStream(filename) this method we can ...

5. Store text files safely in JAR    stackoverflow.com

Is there any way in Java to store external files (inside jar) safely? Java files are compiled to .class files and not readable. I'm planning to use this meganism to store sql ...

6. Does jar file change the contents of an encoded text file, when we reimport it?    stackoverflow.com

I have a Java application where I need to protect contents in a text file before it is exported in a jar file. So I encode the file using BlowFish algorithm ...

7. .jar reading a text file    coderanch.com

8. Recognizing a text file within a Jar    coderanch.com

I've made a simple program that unscrambles words. I developed it in BlueJ which placed everything in one folder, including dictionary.txt, and used Scanner scan = new Scanner(new FileInputStream("dictionary.txt")); Everything worked fine when I ran it from within BlueJ, but when I packaged it as a jar I got the following: C:\Documents and Settings\Kevin\Desktop\k>java -jar unscrambler.jar Exception in thread "main" java.io.FileNotFoundException: ...

9. Text Files in a Self-Contained Jar    coderanch.com

Hello again. I managed to get all the images into the jar file using. getClass().getResource("/" + imageName); Now I'm trying to get the text files that are read in to build maps of areas using the images. I thought I would use the same but the File Class does not like URLs in its constructor. To solve this I appended a ...





10. Reading a text file from a jar file?    coderanch.com

Hello Everybody, Ok I think it is now the appropriate time to ask this questions after all my trials. I have a jar file which has following types of files: File name Directory Structure test.class / makePanel.class /test pic1.gif /images/pic pic2 /images abc.ict / xyz.id /images/pic where xyz.id and abc.ict are simple text files with a change in extension. Now problem ...

11. read external text file from JAR    coderanch.com

I am trying to access a properties file from within a jar file ... InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream("rehydration.properties"); and throw the following error (one of my own)- Wed Aug 13 15:59:59 BST 2003 : Can't read the importer.properties file. Make sure rehydration.properties is in the right place. Basically I can't find the resource file that I would like to be external ...

13. How do I refer to a text data file so a .jar can find it?    coderanch.com

Sorry to ask such a basic question, but I have a simple app. reading data from a text file I have put in the src directory resources section as detailed below. File masteryCardData = new File("src\\solowarforedadhopponent\\resources\\MasteryCardData.esd"); This works fine when running the project from within my IDE. However, when I build the project and try and run it from the .jar ...

14. Itext generate output in Text format (2.1.4 jar version)    coderanch.com

Hi, I am using 2.1.4 jar version of iText to generate output in PDF format. I also need to display the same ( the data) in plain text format. Please let me know if it is possible? If it is, how? If not, suggest suitable API for generating plain text output. Regards, Amol

15. How to open text file in Executable Jar.    coderanch.com

It does have a little to do with your application. It must be able to handle command line arguments to pass the text file to open. You can use args[0] from the main method (if args.length > 0) as the file to open. You then need to set up a file association which calls your application. The command would be javaw.exe ...

16. How to access a text file inside a JAR    coderanch.com





17. I can't read a text file located inside my jar.    java-forums.org

Hi, Im getting a hard time trying to read a text file inside my jar file, Im trying this way: private Scanner in; public void openFile() { try { in= new Scanner(new File("data.txt")); } catch(FileNotFoundException fileNotFoundException) { System.err.println("The file cannot be found"); System.exit(1); } } Where "data.txt is in the root dir of my jar file(The file always exist inside the ...

18. Writing to text file using an executable Jar    java-forums.org

Hey guys I'm new here so sorry if this is supposed to be put somewhere else, but... My friend and i have been trying to take a simple program of ours and make it an executable jar file so we can run it on multiple computers(obviously). The problem we have been having is whenever we export our program into a jar(via ...

19. Correct way to link external text file with a Jar    forums.oracle.com

I need to be able to read an external text file from a program deployed as a Jar. I've read how not to do this: [here|http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?forumID=54&threadID=5245243] but haven't been able to find the "approved" approach. The only thing I can think of is to pass my file path to the program via a command-line parameter. Is this the best way? Thanks ...

20. How to Insert a Text File in a jar file?    forums.oracle.com

Hi!, I have a program which runs smoothly both from the IDE and also from the .jar file when it is on the Hard Disk. When i copied everything onto a CD, the .jar file runs but when it comes to access a text file it pops up the message, which should pop up when a FileNotFoundException is encountered. Now i ...

21. Jar cannot find text file?    forums.oracle.com

Hi all, I've got a jar and thought that it was working fine. It has all the files that I want in it and I thought that it was running ok. I cut and paste the jar onto my desktop and run it from there and it cannot find a text file used to read in server connection details. It's there ...

22. can i read a text file from a java file which is inside a jar    forums.oracle.com

If I understand you correctly this is how your filestructure looks - Folder1 file1.txt program1.jar program1.jar contains the .class file that needs to access file1.txt. This is very common in usage. When you invoke your program using java, use the -classpath to point to Folder1 as well. Now your class file can read anything in the classpath, including file1.txt. I would ...

23. Adding images, and text files to jar files    forums.oracle.com

Thanks for the reply, do they differ if we use text files with the same context (as given in the code)? do I need a "UTF" standard for that? in some pages I have seen that usage but couldn't apply it on my project, I couldn't make my text files run in my jar file... I already loaded the image files, ...

24. Accessing a text file in a jar    forums.oracle.com

The file in question is a simple Java source file saved by my editor. Does the editor used matter how the data is saved (its an old dos based editor)? How do I know what charset was used? How do I know what the default for my platform (XP) is? Do I just assume "UTF-8"?

25. Cannot access text file in a distribution jar and work with it as a file.    forums.oracle.com

Hello All I have been battling with a problem where I package my Java application into a Jar file. I have several HTML files and they display easily when I use the jEditorPane method getPage(URL). The problem is with string data stored within a .txt file. I want to access different parts of the file randomly. The object, RandomAccessFile works fine ...

26. Text file not being found when running JAR file    forums.oracle.com

Hi. I have a project which reads from a .txt file. When I run it from Netbeans it works fine but when I JAR the project (and the text file is within the JAR file because when I extracted it, it was there) it complains that it doesn't the text file. On the other hand, when I place the text file ...

27. text file in Jar file    forums.oracle.com

/* Finds a resource with a given name. This method returns null if no resource with this name is found. The rules for searching resources associated with a given class are implemented by the defining class loader of the class. This method delegates the call to its class loader, after making these changes to the resource name: if the resource name ...

28. How to read a text file from a Jar file    forums.oracle.com

29. Writing text file in a .jar file    forums.oracle.com

30. run text file inside a jar    forums.oracle.com

No, Notepad.exe doesn't know anything about JAR (or ZIP) file, so you cannot tell it to read the input from a JAR (or ZIP) file. No. What you could do is use getResourceAsStream to read the text file out, write it into a temporary file in a temporary directory, then tell Notepad to read that file.

31. How do I create a text file within a JAR?    forums.oracle.com

I want to be able to write user-saved settings to a (plain text) file within a JAR (I know how to write to a file external of a JAR, but I would rather have the file be contained in the JAR). I have researched this endlessly... but I can't seem to find out how to do this. Any help?

32. Read a text File inside a JAR    forums.oracle.com