whats is wrong with this app??

[mrajan]

/*
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* and open the template in the editor.
*/

package labassignment3;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import java.awt.event.*;
/**
*
* @author Mathew Rajan & Kristin Smith
*/
public class LabAssignment3 {

/**
* @param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args)
throws FileNotFoundException , IOException
{
// User information input
String fNameIn;
String lNameIn;
String mNameIn;
String hAddressIn;
String EducationIn;
String ageIn;
String heightIn;
String weightIn;

// User information output
String fNameOut;
String lNameOut;
String mNameOut;
String hAddressOut;
String EducationOut;
int ageOut;
int weightOut;
int heightOut;

//Declaring new person memory variables
Person client;

//Instantiating the variables and creates an object
client = new Person ();

//Following code creates or opens the file so that information can be stored
PrintWriter personFile = new PrintWriter (new FileWriter (new File ("C:\\PersonInfoOut.dat"),true));

//Creates GUI using the JOptionPane to ask for input
fNameIn = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
"Enter Your First Name",
"Personal Data Creater",
JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);

lNameIn = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
"Enter Your Last Name",
"Personal Data Creater",
JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);

mNameIn = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
"Please enter your Middle name if any",
"Personal Data Creater",
JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);

ageIn = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
"Please enter your age",
"Personal Data Creater",
JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);

hAddressIn = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
"Please enter your Home address(street address)",
"Personal Data Creater",
JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);

hAddressIn = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
"Please enter your Home address(City, State)",
"Personal Data Creater",
JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);

hAddressIn = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
"Please enter your Home address(Zipcode)",
"Personal Data Creater",
JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);

heightIn = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
"Please enter your Height in cm(1in= 2.54cm so 1ft= 30.48cm)",
"Personal Data Creater",
JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);

weightIn = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
"Please enter your weight in kilograms(1lb= 0.45359237kg)",
"Personal Data Creater",
JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);

EducationIn = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
"Please enter your highest Level of Education",
"Job Application",
JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);


//Convert the numeric string values into an integer data Using
//the Static Class Integer and assign the values to the person object
client.fName = fNameIn;
client.lName = lNameIn;
client.mName = mNameIn;
client.hAddress = hAddressIn;
client.Education = EducationIn;
client.age = Integer.parseInt (ageIn.trim());
client.height= Integer.parseInt (heightIn.trim());
client.weight= Integer.parseInt (weightIn.trim());

//Assign the values to output data using dot notation
fNameOut = client.fName;
lNameOut = client.lName;
mNameOut = client.mName;
hAddressOut = client.hAddress;
EducationOut = client.Education;
ageOut = client.age;
heightOut= client.height;
weightOut= client.weight;

// Store the data into the personFile
personFile.append(fNameOut + " " + lNameOut + " " + mNameOut + " "
+ ageOut + " "+ hAddressOut+" " + heightOut + " " + weightOut + " "+ EducationOut+"END\n ");
personFile.append ("These are the client's details \n");
personFile.close();

// Show the user the data through JOptionPane
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You Entered the Following \n"
+ "Your first name is " + fNameOut + "\n"
+ "Your last name is " + lNameOut + "\n"
+ "Your middle name is " + mNameOut + "\n"
+ "Your age is " + ageOut + "\n"
+ "Your home address is " + hAddressOut + "\n"
+ "Your height is " + heightOut + "cm\n"
+ "Your weight is " + weightOut + "kg"
+ "your highest education level is " + EducationOut + "\n");


}

}

SHOWS NO ERROR :)

PERSON CLASS

/*
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package labassignment3;

/**
*
* @author Mathew Rajan & Kristin Smith
*/
public class Person {
String fName;
String lName;
String mName;
String hAddress;
String Education;
int age;
int height;
int weight;

}


NO ERRORS :D

BUT WHEN I RUN IT I GET THIS:

run:
Exception in thread "main" java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\PersonInfoOut.dat (Access is denied)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.openAppend(Native Method)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.j ava:177)
at java.io.FileWriter.<init>(FileWriter.java:90)
at labassignment3.LabAssignment3.main(LabAssignment3. java:50)
Java Result: 1
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 0 seconds) :confused:

WHY IS THIS HAPPENING, PLEASE HELP ME:(

[iluxa]

when you call new FileWriter(file, true), you're asking to open an existing file and append to it. If the file doesn't exist, thats no good.

two options:
1. use new FileWriter(file). this will replace the file every time, whether or not it exists. It will overwrite the previous execution data.

2. if you have to keep the previous data and want indeed to append to the file, do this:

File theFile = new File(...);
if (!theFile.exists()) {
theFile.createNewFile();
}

new FileWriter(theFile, true);

[Lil_Aziz1]

Your program cannot access C:\PersonInfoOut.dat

[Norm]

The code for PrintWriter works as shown.
Here's what I get with the code the second time I run it after changing the properties on the file created the first run to be ReadOnly:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: D:\PersonInfoOut.dat (Access is denied)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.openAppend(Native Method)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.io.FileWriter.<init>(Unknown Source)
at TestArrayDef.main(TestArrayDef.java:9)

[mrajan]

problem solved,

thank you for all your help