how can I display the contents of a text file?

[kenrocks]

Pls. teach mo how to display contents of a text file...I still don't know how to utilize BufferedReader and FileReader yet.

[sukatoa]

I think your problem is how to capture the content of a text file,

Here's a sample snippet....

private byte[] OpenFile(String filepath) throws Exception{
        File file = new File(path);
        FileInputStream read = new FileInputStream(file);
        byte captured[] = new byte[(int)file.length()];        
        read.read(getFile);
        read.close();
        return captured;
    }

try and OBSERVE.....

You can play the returned array of bytes.....
or convert it into String if you're going to display it in swing/awt component

[kenrocks]

i'm calling a .txt file dude how can i integrate it with gui....thx...

[sukatoa]

If you use a JTextArea, JTextPane, TextArea, JEditorPane, look for the Java API documentation on the setText method

[JosAH]

If you use a JTextArea, JTextPane, TextArea, JEditorPane, look for the Java API documentation on the setText method

All these JTextComponents even have a read() method that can read the content
of the component from a text reader.

kind regards,

Jos