Java Applet Not Running on html.

[LePotatoeProgrammer]

I tried the jar but the same error appeared of where the files cannot be used.

java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.io.FilePermission .\Blocks\NormalHighScores.txt read)
at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission (Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(Unk nown Source)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkRead(Unknown Source)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.util.Scanner.<init>(Unknown Source)
at Tetris.HighScores.<init>(HighScores.java:23)
at Tetris.BlockController.<init>(BlockController.java :27)
at Tetris.Tetris.init(Tetris.java:20)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager$AppletExecutionR unnable.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Exception: java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.io.FilePermission .\Blocks\NormalHighScores.txt read)
Exception in thread "Thread-12" java.lang.NullPointerException
at Tetris.Tetris.run(Tetris.java:39)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

I guess I could try saving the text files with no period but instead C:/ or another drive unless you have a better idea.

[Norm]

What did the test with the File class do? Did ir print out anything?
Try using the File class with other files and see what happens.

[LePotatoeProgrammer]

I don't exactly see the point of printing out things if the only thing that's going wrong is shown by the exception because it shows which line and why.

[Norm]

you print things out to see what works and to see the values the computer sees. To get useful information to help solve the problem.

Its only a suggestion because I thought you were here to get help. The more info that is available about what is happening in your program the more progress that can be made.
No new information, then no progress.

[LePotatoeProgrammer]

Could you give an example of what I could print out in this case though?
Line 23 is this(where the exception occurs):
scanner = new Scanner(new File("./Blocks/NormalHighScores.txt"));

[Norm]

Move the File object outside of the Scanner and make a File object: File aFile = new File("./Blocks/NormalHighScores.txt");
Print the absolute path for aFile

[LePotatoeProgrammer]

Good idea. I'll try that out.


EDIT: So I tried it out and apparently it wasn't the File object the is breaking the code. And the scanner object was making the problem. So what should I do now?

[Norm]

What was printed?
What was the path to the file?

[LePotatoeProgrammer]

Oh. It printed normal words before and after the file object was created. Then I tried printing out the path and it gave this error:

java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.util.PropertyPermission user.dir read)
at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission (Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(Unk nown Source)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPropertyAccess(Unkn own Source)
at java.lang.System.getProperty(Unknown Source)
at java.io.Win32FileSystem.getUserPath(Unknown Source)
at java.io.Win32FileSystem.resolve(Unknown Source)
at java.io.File.getAbsolutePath(Unknown Source)
at Tetris.HighScores.<init>(HighScores.java:25)
at Tetris.BlockController.<init>(BlockController.java :27)
at Tetris.Tetris.init(Tetris.java:20)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager$AppletExecutionR unnable.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Exception: java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.util.PropertyPermission user.dir read)
Exception in thread "Thread-12" java.lang.NullPointerException
at Tetris.Tetris.run(Tetris.java:39)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Also, I figured you wanted to see the file controlling code so here it is:

package Tetris;

import java.awt.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class HighScores{
	private String[] normalHighScores = new String[10], timedHighScores = new String[10], HighScores5 = new String[10], timedHighScores5 = new String[10];
	private BufferedWriter writer, timedWriter, writer5, timedWriter5;
	private Scanner scanner, timedScanner, scanner5, timedScanner5;
	public boolean usingTimer, using5;
	
	HighScores(){
		usingTimer = false;
		using5 = false;
		for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){
			normalHighScores[x] = 0 + "";
			timedHighScores[x] = 0 + "";
			HighScores5[x] = 0 + "";
			timedHighScores5[x] = 0 + "";
		}
		System.out.println("file creating");
		File test = new File("./Blocks/NormalHighScores.txt");
		System.out.println("file created");
		System.out.println(test.getAbsolutePath());
		try {
			scanner = new Scanner(test);
		} catch (FileNotFoundException e){}	
		try{
			for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){//0-10 = greatest - lowest score
				String line = scanner.nextLine();
				if(line == null){
					break;
				}else{
					normalHighScores[x] = line;
				}
			}
		}catch(Exception e){}
		try {
			writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("./Blocks/NormalHighScores.txt"));
		} catch (IOException e) {}
		rewrite(0);
		
		
		try {
			timedScanner = new Scanner(new File("./Blocks/TimedHighScores.txt"));
		} catch (FileNotFoundException e){}
		try{
			for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){//0-10 = greatest - lowest score
				String line = timedScanner.nextLine();
				if(line == null){
					break;
				}else{
					timedHighScores[x] = line;
				}
			}
		}catch(Exception e){}
		try{
			timedWriter = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("./Blocks/TimedHighScores.txt"));
		} catch (IOException e) {}
		usingTimer = true;
		rewrite(0);
		usingTimer = false;
		
		
		try {
			scanner5 = new Scanner(new File("./Blocks/HighScores5.txt"));
		} catch (FileNotFoundException e){}
		try{
			for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){//0-10 = greatest - lowest score
				String line = scanner5.nextLine();
				if(line == null){
					break;
				}else{
					HighScores5[x] = line;
				}
			}
		}catch(Exception e){}
		try{
			writer5 = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("./Blocks/HighScores5.txt"));
		} catch (IOException e) {}
		using5 = true;
		rewrite(0);
		using5 = false;
		
		
		try {
			timedScanner5 = new Scanner(new File("./Blocks/Timed5HighScores.txt"));
		} catch (FileNotFoundException e){}
		try{
			for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){//0-10 = greatest - lowest score
				String line = timedScanner5.nextLine();
				if(line == null){
					break;
				}else{
					timedHighScores5[x] = line;
				}
			}
		}catch(Exception e){}
		try{
			timedWriter5 = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("./Blocks/Timed5HighScores.txt"));
		} catch (IOException e) {}
		usingTimer = true;
		using5 = true;
		rewrite(0);
		usingTimer = false;
		using5 = false;
	}
	public void addToFile(String line){
		if(!usingTimer && !using5){
			try {
				writer.write(line);
				writer.newLine();
			} catch (IOException e) {}
		}else if(usingTimer && !using5){
			try {
				timedWriter.write(line);
				timedWriter.newLine();
			} catch (IOException e) {}
		}else if(!usingTimer && using5){
			try {
				writer5.write(line);
				writer5.newLine();
			} catch (IOException e) {}
		}else{
			try {
				timedWriter5.write(line);
				timedWriter5.newLine();
			} catch (IOException e) {}
		}
	}
	
	public void closeFile(){
		boolean temp1 = usingTimer, temp2 = using5;
		try {
			writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("./Blocks/NormalHighScores.txt"));
		} catch (IOException e) {}
		usingTimer = false;
		using5 = false;
		for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){
			addToFile(normalHighScores[x]);
		}
		usingTimer = true;
		try {
			writer.close();
		} catch (IOException e) {}
		
		
		try {
			timedWriter = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("./Blocks/TimedHighScores.txt"));
		} catch (IOException e) {}
		usingTimer = true;
		for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){
			addToFile(timedHighScores[x]);
		}
		usingTimer = false;
		try {
			timedWriter.close();
		} catch (IOException e) {}
		
		
		try {
			writer5 = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("./Blocks/HighScores5.txt"));
		} catch (IOException e) {}
		using5 = true;
		for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){
			addToFile(HighScores5[x]);
		}
		using5 = false;
		try {
			writer5.close();
		} catch (IOException e) {}
		
		
		try {
			timedWriter5 = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("./Blocks/Timed5HighScores.txt"));
		} catch (IOException e) {}
		usingTimer = true;
		using5 = true;
		for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){
			addToFile(timedHighScores5[x]);
		}
		usingTimer = false;
		using5 = false;
		try {
			timedWriter5.close();
		} catch (IOException e) {}
		
		
		//Restore values
		usingTimer = temp1;
		using5 = temp2;
	}
	
	public void read(){
		try{
			for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){
				String line = scanner.nextLine();
				if(line == null){
					normalHighScores[x] = 0 + "";
					break;
				}else{
					normalHighScores[x] = line;
				}
			}
		}catch(Exception e){}
		
		
		try{
			for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){
				String line = timedScanner.nextLine();
				if(line == null){
					timedHighScores[x] = 0 + "";
					break;
				}else{
					timedHighScores[x] = line;
				}
			}
		}catch(Exception e){}
		
		try{
			for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){
				String line = scanner5.nextLine();
				if(line == null){
					HighScores5[x] = 0 + "";
					break;
				}else{
					HighScores5[x] = line;
				}
			}
		}catch(Exception e){}
		
		
		try{
			for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){
				String line = timedScanner5.nextLine();
				if(line == null){
					timedHighScores5[x] = 0 + "";
					break;
				}else{
					timedHighScores5[x] = line;
				}
			}
		}catch(Exception e){}
	}
	
	public void rewrite(int newScore){
		if(!usingTimer && !using5){
			for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){
				if(newScore > Integer.parseInt(normalHighScores[x])){
					for(int xx = 9; xx > x; xx--){
						normalHighScores[xx] = normalHighScores[xx -  1];
					}
					normalHighScores[x] = newScore + "";
					break;
				}
			}
			for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){
				addToFile(normalHighScores[x]);
			}
		}else if(usingTimer && !using5){
			for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){
				if(newScore > Integer.parseInt(timedHighScores[x])){
					for(int xx = 9; xx > x; xx--){
						timedHighScores[xx] = timedHighScores[xx -  1];
					}
					timedHighScores[x] = newScore + "";
					break;
				}
			}
			for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){
				addToFile(timedHighScores[x]);
			}
		}else if(!usingTimer && using5){
			for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){
				if(newScore > Integer.parseInt(HighScores5[x])){
					for(int xx = 9; xx > x; xx--){
						HighScores5[xx] = HighScores5[xx -  1];
					}
					HighScores5[x] = newScore + "";
					break;
				}
			}
			for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){
				addToFile(HighScores5[x]);
			}
		}else if(usingTimer && using5){
			for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){
				if(newScore > Integer.parseInt(timedHighScores5[x])){
					for(int xx = 9; xx > x; xx--){
						timedHighScores5[xx] = timedHighScores5[xx -  1];
					}
					timedHighScores5[x] = newScore + "";
					break;
				}
			}
			for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){
				addToFile(timedHighScores5[x]);
			}
		}
		read();
	}
	
	public void draw(Graphics g){
		g.setFont(new Font("TimesRoman", Font.PLAIN, 18));
		g.setColor(Color.black);
		if(!usingTimer && !using5){
			g.drawString("Normal Highscores: ", 200, 300);
			for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){
				g.drawString(normalHighScores[x], 200, 320 + (20 * x));
			}
		}else if(usingTimer && !using5){
			g.drawString("Timed Highscores: ", 200, 300);
			for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){
				g.drawString(timedHighScores[x], 200, 320 + (20 * x));
			}
		}else if(!usingTimer && using5){
			g.drawString("5-Block Challenge Highscores: ", 200, 300);
			for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){
				g.drawString(HighScores5[x], 200, 320 + (20 * x));
			}
		}else if(usingTimer && using5){
			g.drawString("Timed 5-Block Challenge Highscores: ", 200, 300);
			for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){
				g.drawString(timedHighScores5[x], 200, 320 + (20 * x));
			}
		}
	}
	
	public void reset(){
		for(int x = 0; x < 10; x++){
			normalHighScores[x] = 0 + "";
			timedHighScores[x] = 0 + "";
			HighScores5[x] = 0 + "";
			timedHighScores5[x] = 0 + "";
		}
		usingTimer = false;
		using5 = false;
		rewrite(0);
		usingTimer = true;
		rewrite(0);
		usingTimer = false;
		using5 = true;
		rewrite(0);
		usingTimer = true;
		rewrite(0);
	}
}

[Norm]

java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.util.PropertyPermission user.dir read)

Your code does not have permission to look at the path you put in the File object.
Now try different paths in the File object to see if any of them will print. There does not need to be a file there.
For example try: new File("test.txt");

Are you executing the applet from a signed jar file?

[LePotatoeProgrammer]

What's a signed jar file?

Also,I'm working on the paths right now in case your wondering.

[Norm]

You "sign" a jar file as a way to give the java classes in the jar file permissions to do things the are not allowed to applets.
Take a look at the tutorial: Observe Applet Restrictions (The Java™ Tutorials > Security Features in Java SE > Quick Tour of Controlling Applets)

[LePotatoeProgrammer]

Ok. I'll see if I can fix things by signing it.

Also, I did the "test.txt" and it came out with the same error.

[Norm]

I can not get the call to the File class's getAbsolutePath() to fail on my system with any browser.
EDIT: My .java.policy file has:
permission java.util.PropertyPermission "*", "read";


When I add a Scanner class object to read the file, it works in FireFox and fails in Chrome and IE.

What browsers have you tried it with?

[LePotatoeProgrammer]

I was mostly trying with chrome. I'll try firefox.

Same error.

So how do you sign a class?

I went to the properties of the jar and it says it has permission to read and write and modify and read &execute and full control.

[Norm]

I dont have a link to a site that tells you how to sign a jar file. Here is a link that talks about it.
Signing JAR Files Only When Necessary (The Java™ Tutorials > Deployment > Deployment In-Depth)

Look at this:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutori...r/signing.html

Also Try google.

I found out why getAbsolutePath worked for me: I have an entry in my .java.policy file that gave it permission:
permission java.util.PropertyPermission "*", "read";

[LePotatoeProgrammer]

How do you give that permission?

[Norm]

Use the policytool to create and update the .java.policy file.
On my Win7 system the file's location:
C:\Users\Norm\.java.policy

The open codebase entry:

grant {
permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "modifyThread";
permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "loadLibrary.HelloNative";
permission java.util.PropertyPermission "*", "read";
permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "modifyThreadGroup";
permission java.io.FilePermission "E:/Java/Java-1_6_0/docs", "read";
};

[LePotatoeProgrammer]

I can't seem to find that in my files. I also have the windows 7 though. I'll try searching for them because I have a few named that. Is it a txt file?

[Norm]

You have to create the .java.policy file.