Loading a properties file in netbeans / forte

[Lance Finney]

I'm using netbeans, and I'm trying to load a properties file. I tried placing the properties file in a few different places in the classpath, but nothing worked. Finally, I did the following within a unit test in netbeans:

File propFile = new File("fbn.properties");
            System.out.println("ppppppppppp" + propFile.getAbsolutePath());

and got this:

pppppppppppC:\java\netbeans\bin\fbn.properties

Why does it looking in the netbeans install directory? How do I get it to look in my project directory?

[Lance Finney]

Found my answer on their site:
Using the relative path to access a file
If you want to acces a file like
File file = new File("myfile.txt");
Netbeans/Forte looks for this file in the directory it is started from. To set the directory Netbeans/Forte searches for a file if its absolute path is not given, go to to the properties of your executor (right-click the class --> Properties --> Execution --> Executor), and on the Expert tab, set the "Working Directory" property to your desired directory.
This will work in Forte/Netbeans; however, it is generally not a good idea to access files in such a way. Instead, the contents of the file should be accessed like
InputStream in = MyClass.class.getResourceAsStream(RESOURCE_PATH);