[re66or]

Hello,

I am trying to use TextIO.readFile to read a .dat file in NetBeans. I have places the .dat file in the source folder of the project, as well as TextIO.java.

This is the command i am writing at the start of the program:

package conecount;

public class Main {

	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		int coneCount;					//variable to count total cones
		String flavor;					//variable to hold flavor of line read
		int berryCount;				   //variable to count strawberry cones
		coneCount = 0;					//set total count to 0
		berryCount = 0;				   //set strawberry count to 0

		TextIO.readFile("icecream.dat");  //Read the file icecream.dat

etc etc...

Clean and build main project works fine.
This is the error I get when I try to run:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can't open file "icecream.dat" for input.
(Error :java.io.FileNotFoundException: icecream.dat (The system cannot find the file specified))
		at conecount.TextIO.readFile(TextIO.java:126)
		at conecount.Main.main(Main.java:21)

When I downloaded the .dat file from my school site, my computer assigned Nero as its default program. I changed it to Notepad thinking that might be the problem - a file association - but it still doesn't work. I can't find a specific help reference on the java or netBeans sites.

i am not sure if it is a file problem, or a problem with where I have saved the file.
Can anyone guide me?
Thanks.

[nick2price]

This should show you how to do it
HERE

[g00se]

What is TextIO?

[pbl]

TestIO is an external package supposed to simplify simple IO
Use plain Java standard API classes and we might help
We won't support the thousand of third party libraries