Writing Out Ascii/Text Files

[sgee]

Using JTextArea:
How can I write out an entire string without loosing the the hardreturns,
spaces and tabs.

I have tried to do:
raf.writeBytes(jta.getText());
and
raf.writeChars(jta.getText());

Is there anyway to just write out what I need....then be able to use
while(next())
     String line = newRAF.readLine();

Thanks
Steve Gee
Developer/Analysist

Maxor IT