private void loadAndDisplayInfo()
{

    String filename =
        "Help Files" + File.separator + "Temperature Monitor Help.txt";

    String line;

    FileInputStream fileInputStream = null;
    InputStreamReader inputStreamReader = null;
    BufferedReader in = null;

    textArea.append("\n"); //blank line at the top

    try{

        fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(filename);
        inputStreamReader = new InputStreamReader(fileInputStream);
        in = new BufferedReader(inputStreamReader);

            //read each line and display it
            while ((line = in.readLine()) != null){
                textArea.append(line);
                textArea.append("\n");
            }

    }
    catch(IOException e){
            displayErrorMessage("Could not open Help file: " + filename);
    }
    finally{
        try{if (in != null) {in.close();}}
        catch(IOException e){}
        try{if (inputStreamReader != null) {inputStreamReader.close();}}
        catch(IOException e){}
        try{if (fileInputStream != null) {fileInputStream.close();}}
        catch(IOException e){}
    }

}//end of Help::loadAndDisplayInfo