hi there,

I need to read a text file when I start my program. I'm using eclipse and started a new java project. In my project folder I got the "src" folder and the standard "JRE System Library"... I just don't know where to put the text file. I cannot use a "hard coded" path because the text file needs to be included with my app...

I also tried to create a new folder like "Files" and use the pathe "Files/staedteliste.txt".. doesn't work too...

I use the following code to read the file, but I get this error:

Error:java.io.FileNotFoundException:staedteliste.txt(No such file or directory)

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;


public class Test {

    ArrayList<String[]> values;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        loadList();
    }

    public static void loadList() {
        BufferedReader reader;
        String zeile = null;

        try {
            reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("staedteliste.txt"));
            zeile = reader.readLine();          

            ArrayList<String[]> values = new ArrayList<String[]>();

            while (zeile != null) {             
                values.add(zeile.split(";"));
                zeile = reader.readLine();
            }
            System.out.println(values.size());
            System.out.println(zeile);

        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.err.println("Error :"+e);
        }
    }
}

thx for help!