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POHow do relative file paths work in Eclipse?
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copied!<p>So my 2009 new years resolution is to learn Java. I recently acquired "Java for Dummies" and have been following along with the demo code in the book by re-writing it using Eclipse. Anyway, every example in the book that uses a relative path does not seem to read the .txt file it's supposed to read from.</p> <p>Here is the sample code:</p> <pre><code>import java.util.Scanner; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import java.awt.GridLayout; class TeamFrame extends JFrame { public TeamFrame() throws IOException { PlayerPlus player; Scanner myScanner = new Scanner(new File("Hankees.txt")); for (int num = 1; num <= 9; num++) { player = new PlayerPlus(myScanner.nextLine(), myScanner.nextDouble()); myScanner.nextLine(); addPlayerInfo(player); } add(new JLabel()); add(new JLabel(" ------")); add(new JLabel("Team Batting Aberage:")); add(new JLabel(PlayerPlus.findTeamAverageString())); setTitle("The Hankees"); setLayout(new GridLayout(11,2)); setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE); pack(); setVisible(true); } void addPlayerInfo(PlayerPlus player) { add(new JLabel(player.getName())); add(new JLabel(player.getAverageString())); } } </code></pre> <p>And you can see in the below screen shot I have included this file.</p> <p><em>image no longer available</em></p> <p>Also, I have verified that when I build the application that a copy of Hankees.txt is placed in the bin folder with the compiled .class files.</p> <p>Lastly, if I change line 12 to the following and place Hankees.txt in the root of my C:\ drive the program compiles and runs fine.</p> <pre><code>Scanner myScanner = new Scanner(new File("C:\\Hankees.txt")); </code></pre> <p>So basically, my question is what am I doing wrong? Or is Eclipse responsible for this in some way?</p> <p>Thanks for any and all help!</p>

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