Hi,

use:
        ta = new TextArea(new String(data));


Matthias Pfisterer


R MUTHUSWAMY wrote:
> 
> hi all,
>         i have a textarea and want to load the text into the area. in this
> i give the filename and the filecontent has to be loaded into that. i have
> tried it and getting the error that
>         byte [] can't be converted to java.lang.string.
> 
> The code is as follows...
> 
> import java.awt.*;
> import java.lang.*;
> import java.io.*;
> 
> public class temp extends Panel
> {
>     TextArea ta = null;
>     byte [] data;
> 
>     public void init()
>     {
>         Panel p;
>         File file= new File("/home/ATG/muthu/java/awt");
>         setLayout(new BorderLayout());
>         p = new Panel();
>         try {
>         FileInputStream fis = new
>                 FileInputStream("/home/ATG/muthu/java/awt/ex4.java");
>         byte [] data = new byte[fis.available()];
>         fis.read(data);
>         }
>         catch (Exception e){
>            System.out.println("FileException"+e);
>         }
>         ta = new TextArea(data);
>         List list = new List();
>         String [] str = file.list();
>         for(int i=0; i<str.length; i++)
>         list.add(str[i]);
>         p.add(list);
> 
>         p.add(ta);
>         add("Center",p);
>     }
> 
>    public static void main(String [] args)
>    {
>       Frame f = new Frame("Example 5");
> 
>       temp ex = new temp();
> 
>       ex.init();
> 
>       f.add("Center",ex);
> 
>       f.pack();
>       f.show();
>    }
> }
> 
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