Originally Posted by titaniumdecoy

I believe the problem is occuring as a result of code you have not posted. My guess is that the fileData array has been initialized (eg, String[] fileData = new String[fileCount] but has not yet been filled with data from the first fragment of code you posted. (As you know, when an object array is first initialized, all of its indices are set to null.) Unless I'm missing something, you'll have to post more code.