// writes the text area content to file
  private boolean writeToFile(String file, HashMap<String, ArrayList<Object>> map) {

    PrintWriter writer = rwFiles.getWriter(file); // writer to write to file

    // get data for each record
    int records = map.get(COL_APP).size(); // had to hard code - used app
    for (int i = 0; i < records; i++) {

      String app = "";
      String title = "";
      String rk = "";
      String programmer = "";
      String opened = "";
      String closed = "";
      String version = "";
      String description = "";

      if (map.get(COL_APP).get(i) != null)
        app = COL_APP + ": " + map.get(COL_APP).get(i).toString() + " ";
      if (map.get(COL_TITLE).get(i) != null)
        title = COL_TITLE + ": " + map.get(COL_TITLE).get(i).toString() + " ";
      if (map.get(COL_RK).get(i) != null)
        rk = COL_RK + ": " + map.get(COL_RK).get(i).toString() + " ";
      if (map.get(COL_PROGRAMMER).get(i) != null)
        programmer = COL_PROGRAMMER + ": " + map.get(COL_PROGRAMMER).get(i).toString() + " ";
      if (map.get(COL_DATE_OPENED).get(i) != null)
        opened = COL_DATE_OPENED + ": " + map.get(COL_DATE_OPENED).get(i).toString() + " ";
      if (map.get(COL_DATE_CLOSED).get(i) != null)
        closed = COL_DATE_CLOSED + ": " + map.get(COL_DATE_CLOSED).get(i).toString() + " ";
      if (map.get(COL_VERSION).get(i) != null)
        version = COL_VERSION + ": " + map.get(COL_VERSION).get(i).toString() + " ";
      if (map.get(COL_DESCRIPTION).get(i) != null)
        description = COL_DESCRIPTION + ": " + map.get(COL_DESCRIPTION).get(i).toString() + " ";

      /**
       * print to file FORMAT app title rk programmer opened closed version
       * ---------------------------------------------- descriptions
       */
      writer.println(rk + app + title + programmer);
      writer.println("--------------------------------------------------------");
      // break up the description from one long line to ten words per line
      String[] desc = description.split(" ");
      description = "";
      for (int words = 0; words < desc.length; words++) {
        description += desc[words] + " ";
        if (words != 0 && words % 10 == 0) {
          writer.println(description);
          description = "";
        }
      }
      writer.println(); // a line break between records
    }
    writer.flush();
    writer.close();
    return true;
  }
  public boolean writeFromTextAreaToTextFile(TextAreaList textAreaList, String path) {

    PrintWriter writer = rwFiles.getWriter(path); // writer to write to file

    // for each text area list item
    for (CompIssuesItem item : compIssueItems) {
      String[] lines = item.getText().split("\n");
      for (int i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
        writer.println(lines[i]);
      }
      writer.flush();
    }
    writer.close();
    return true;
  }