Hi,

I'm trying to read a file from the jar file my app is packaged in but i cant
get it to read the parent directory. It works when running just from the
class files - ie not packaged up.

I'm doing the following:
   URL url = LinkFollower.class.getResource("..\\helpdocs\\help.htm");

and in the jar i have the following file structure

other\LinkFollower.class
helpdocs\help.htm

But the url is allways null - can someone tell me why this might be. It
works if i have the helpdocs folder in the same directory as the
LinkFollower.class - but ill prefer not to have to do that way.

Im running WinXP and j2sdk 1.4.1_06

Thanks,

Alan.