Saving JTextAreas to a text file.

else if(source == btnsave)

{

try

{

String text= ta.getText();

FileWriter fw = new FileWriter ("Nick.java");

BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter (fw);

PrintWriter outFile = new PrintWriter (bw);

for(int i=0; i<10; i++)

{

out.write(text);

}

out.close();

}

catch(IOException ioe1){}

}

This is what I have so far, I have messed for hours so I think I may have gone further and further away.

Cheers

nickbob_sexypantsa at 2007-7-8 22:28:32 >

sorry, will do that in future.

It compiles, but in this case in the code so far I have specified the file, when I check the file however it is still the same as it was before.

I think it is not saving it out properly, because it does not overwrite what is already in the file.

Cheers

nickbob_sexypantsa at 2007-7-8 22:28:32 >

Another point: it easy to miss methods introduced by superclasses. Check out the methods of JTextComponent -- the superclass of JTextArea. You may find the its [url=http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/javax/swing/text/JTextComponent.html#read(java.io.Reader,%20java.lang.Object)]read()[/url] and [url=http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/javax/swing/text/JTextComponent.html#write(java.io.Writer)]write()[/url] methods darn handy.

DrLaszloJamfa at 2007-7-8 22:28:32 >