including ini file in project

[T Tberg]

i'm trying to store some settings in an ini file but all I can manage so far is for example to read and write from an ini file from my desktop.
is it possible to include an ini file in a project and then read and write from it?
i'm using netbeans and i did manage to get an ini file in a project but i didn't manage how to read and write from it...

thanks in advance

[Jeremy Wilson]

Use the properties classes and this will allow you to load from a file url or from the classpath.

[T Tberg]

i'm trying this:

               java.net.URL url = ClassLoader.getSystemResource("Inloggegevens.ini");
            properties.load(new FileInputStream(new File(url.getFile())));
            File file = new File(url.getFile()); 

but I think it can't find Inloggegevens.ini because it gives an null pointer exception, but the Inloggegevens.ini file is deffinitly in the project

[Joe Ess]

Niels Tielenburg wrote:but the Inloggegevens.ini file is deffinitly in the project

Is the file in the classpath? ClassLoader.getSystemResource() is going to look in the classpath for the file, so if it is not accessible, you'll get a null from that call.

[T Tberg]

the file is only in the project so I assume it doesn't automatically put it in the classpath...