Java Encoding Error -

i trying take string encoded , saved in cp1252 encoding , display in java text area. when read has black diamonds question marks special characters (', &, etc). should format display proper characters.

i cant copy , paste text displays when moved out of word. code using read cp1252 file below:

try {         br = new bufferedreader(new filereader(f));         //read file line line         while ((strline = br.readline()) != null)   {             emi.stringcontent += "\n" + strline;         }      br.close();     } catch (filenotfoundexception ex) {         logger.getlogger(emailtmpdirread.class.getname()).log(level.severe, null, ex);     } catch (ioexception ex) {         logger.getlogger(emailtmpdirread.class.getname()).log(level.severe, null, ex);     } 

thanks!

made following edits , nothing reads in.

stringbuffer temp2 = new stringbuffer(1000);     int numread = 0;     char[] buf = new char[1024];      try {         ir = new inputstreamreader(new fileinputstream(f), "cp1252");         while((numread = ir.read()) != -1)         {             string temp = string.valueof(buf, 0, numread);             temp2.append(temp);             buf = new char[1024];         }         emi.stringcontent = temp2.tostring(); 

lines appear skipped stringbuffer temp2 = new stringbuffer();

    try {         ir = new inputstreamreader(new fileinputstream(f), "cp1252");         br = new bufferedreader(ir);         while(br.readline() != null)         {             temp2.append(br.readline());         }         emi.stringcontent = temp2.tostring(); 

rather using filereader, use fileinputstream wrapped inputstreamreader; specify character encoding in inputstreamreader's constructor (according this page looks should use "cp1252" encoding)