Packaging jar file with external file dependency

Question

I have a java project which reads data from external excel file that is present in the project's directory.

I made a jar file but when i ran it, i got "FileNotFoundException". My jar file isn't able to access external excel file.

How can i package excel file with jar file so that it is able to access it?

Answer 1

Thank you for your response.

Actually my problem was solved. I use intellJ IDEA to build jar file and i wanted to package excel file inside jar file because it was a requirement.

Although I know if i had kept jar file and excel file in same directory then it would have worked.