title: A text file is not read by a Java program in NetBeans 7.4
body: <p>My Java program only reads a text file fine if its absolute path is indicated as it appears on the file system, f.ex. ="C://textfilename.txt", but does not read it if its name is indicated as "../textFilesFolder/textfilename.txt". The Java program is located in a folder at the same level in SourcePackages as the textFilesFolder.</p>
  
  <p>Is it necessary to configure something in NetBeans for this to work?  Thank you.</p>