Hi all,

I am using Netbeans V5.0 and using a properties file for an application.

How can I specify where the file is stored WITHOUT using the full path of
the properties
file.

For example, below is a snippet of my code

   Properties  props = null;
       try {
           // create a Properties object called "props"
           props = new Properties();
           File file = new File("C:\\###-01-Semester-1-####\\" +

\\Topic5Database\\src\\config\\database.properties");
           FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(file);
           //  load the file into the Properties object
           props.load(in);

           .
           .
           .
           .

Rather than specify the FULL path eg C:\\.....  can I just use a relative
path of the
properties file for the above file?

Maybe something like ( I know it is not correct)

File file = new File("..\\config\\database.properties");

Any help appreciated.