How To Include Text File With Netbeans

Create the text file and you have to put the file in the folder of project like in my case:

C:\Users\UsmanYaqoob\Documents\NetBeansProjects\BookQuestions

BookQuestions is my project

1. Go to the Files Tab (next to Projects and Services)
2. In the context menu of the root folder of your project use New > <approquiate type> to create a new file

Of course you can also use other means to move your file there, e.g. the file explorer of your OS.

However I'd recommend using the "working directory" option of the project configuration (you can reach this using the combobox at the top of the window) to use a directory you can reach easier using your OS file explorer.

There are two ways to accomplish what you are looking for

1. Absolute Path

   like "C:\\Users\\kick\\Documents\\NetBeansProjects\\ReadFile\\newfile.txt"

For the file separator read this:

With the Java libraries for dealing with files, you can safely use / (slash, not backslash) on all platforms. The library code handles translating things into platform-specific paths internally.

You might want to use File.separator in UI, however, because it's best to show people what will make sense in their OS, rather than what makes sense to Java.

Update: I have not been able, in five minutes of searching, to find the "you can always use a slash" behavior documented. Now, I'm sure I've seen it documented, but in the absense of finding an official reference (because my memory isn't perfect), I'd stick with using File.separator because you know that will work.

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2. Relative Path

   like "newfile.txt"

Note: your file has to be located in project folder which is current working directory. In better sense, the folder that contains all of your related content

For example, if the name of your project is ReadFile, the file hast to be in folder that has the same name which ReadFile.

Note: Personally, I manually create a txt file for my goal and reside it in main folder.