File Text displays jumbled in JList

Hello,

I have a text file which I am reading into a JList. The file is being read in but it is displaying jumbled characters. I would just like to verify that there is nothing I am doing wrong below that would lead to this issue.

Code :

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try{
		//  Populate the list box with the descr from the file.
		FileReader fr = new FileReader(fileName);
		BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr);
		Vector<String> lines = new Vector<String>();
		String buffer;
		while ((buffer=br.readLine())!=null){
			lines.add(buffer);
		}
		 JList trackListBox= new JList(lines);
			JScrollPane tracksScrollPane = new JScrollPane(trackListBox);
			TitledBorder listBorder = BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Description");
 
			tracksScrollPane.setBorder(listBorder);
 
			add(BorderLayout.CENTER, tracksScrollPane);
		}
		catch(Exception e){
			e.printStackTrace();
		}

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Sample Image of what is being displayed.
Attachment 1210

What is the internal format of the file that you are reading?
Look at the file in a HexEditor to see what is in it. What do you see if you open the file in a simple editor?

It is just a word doc with a paragraph of english I tried both doc and docx formats and produced the same results both times.

A doc file is not a text file that can be read line by line in a Java program. You need special code that understands its internal format to get "lines" of text from it.

Save the file as a .txt file.

Got it. Works great now. Thanks.

Ok, so I have another question. Currently the program is printing the entire text paragraph onto one line in the JList. How can I adjust this so that the text flows onto the next line when it reaches the edge of the JList.

PS: Forgive me for asking simple questions but I am very new to Java GUI.

Why are you putting long lines of text in a JList?
You could use one of the String class's methods to find a place to break a line and use the substring method to break the line.