writing to file - compiles but no file :S

[brighty22]

Hi all,
I'm trying to add an export function to an applet, which dumps the contents of an output text field into a .txt file. It compiles properly, but no file gets written

Here's what I've done so far:

import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.*;
public class cdDiscount extends Applet implements ActionListener {
    Panel TopPanel = new Panel(), MiddlePanel = new Panel(), BottomPanel = new Panel();
    TextField iCDs = new TextField("Enter number of CDs", 30);
    Button iCalculate = new Button("Calculate"), iClear = new Button("Clear"), iExport = new Button("Export");
    TextArea iResult = new TextArea(20, 30);
    public void init() {
        setSize(400, 400);
        TopPanel.setLayout (new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
        TopPanel.add(iCDs);
        MiddlePanel.setLayout (new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
        MiddlePanel.add(iCalculate);
        MiddlePanel.add(iClear);
        MiddlePanel.add(iExport);
        BottomPanel.setLayout (new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
        BottomPanel.add(iResult);
        this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        add(TopPanel,BorderLayout.NORTH);
        add(MiddlePanel,BorderLayout.CENTER);
        add(BottomPanel,BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        iCalculate.addActionListener(this);
        iExport.addActionListener(this);
        iClear.addActionListener(this);
    }
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent f) {
        if (f.getSource()== iCalculate) {
            int iInput=Integer.parseInt(iCDs.getText());
            iResult.append(iInput+" CDs = "+Integer.toString(process(Integer.parseInt(iCDs.getText())))+"% discount\n");
        }
        else if (f.getSource()== iExport) {
            export(iResult.getText());
        }
        else
            iResult.setText("");
    }
    public static int process(int iCDs) {
        if(iCDs<=14) return 0;
        else if(iCDs<50) return 1;
        else if(iCDs<120) return 5;
        else return 10;
    }
    public static void export(String iLog) {
        try {
            FileOutputStream iOStream = new FileOutputStream("export.txt");
            new PrintStream(iOStream).println(iLog);
            iOStream.close();
        } catch (IOException k) {}
    }
}

I've used the export() method with another class and it worked.. so am a bit stumped. I think it might be to do with exceptions.. but am probably wrong..

Any help or suggestions would be brilliant
Thanks

[spchinta]

Not sure if you found the answer or not..

What exception do you get when trying to export?
What is the command you use to run the applet?

This could be a permission issue to write to file from Applet. You need to create a policy file like this: CDDiscount.policy
grant {
permission java.io.FilePermission "<<ALL FILES>>","write";
};
and run applet using command
appletviewer -J-Djava.security.policy=CDDiscount.policy CDDiscount.html