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Question for programmers about Java applets for website [Vanity]
21 Feb 2009 | TQC

Posted on 02/21/2009 6:16:05 AM PST by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

Hi everyone,

I tried installing a Java applet onto a website today, but the applet seems to be non-functional - a white box with an X in the upper left corner appears. I check, and have a recent version of Sun Microsystems Java installed and running on my PC. Is there some critical piece of enabling code that I'm forgetting?

Thanks, TQC


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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

Sounds like you should be able to find something written in Javascript to do the job. Keep looking around. I know there are some Javascript WYSIWYG text editors out there.


21 posted on 02/21/2009 6:49:59 AM PST by MichiganConservative (You are a slave. The government is your owner and master. For many slaves, it is also their god.)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

Did you actually obtain the applet and supporting files, or just copy the code from another web page?

You must have the actual applet on your web server and change the code to point to it.


22 posted on 02/21/2009 6:50:26 AM PST by SolidRedState (Someone finally found a spine and it is attached to an Alaskan Governor!)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

Also, if you use Javascript, use Firefox with the Firebug plougin so you can debug the Javascript.


23 posted on 02/21/2009 6:50:47 AM PST by MichiganConservative (You are a slave. The government is your owner and master. For many slaves, it is also their god.)
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To: SolidRedState
Did you actually obtain the applet and supporting files, or just copy the code from another web page?

I just copied the code.

24 posted on 02/21/2009 6:51:05 AM PST by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Nihil utile nisi quod honestum - Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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Thanks everyone for your help. I’ll check in on the thread later, but methinks I am a bit in over my head even with this right now (I’m not a programmer at all - simple HTML is about all I know of web-based programming)....


25 posted on 02/21/2009 6:52:07 AM PST by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Nihil utile nisi quod honestum - Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
If it is a running applet, you have to get the program itself which is contained in the root of the web site. You can't just use the code on the page.

All the code does is point to where the program is located and tell it what to do once it finds it (how to load, where it goes on the page, etc.)

26 posted on 02/21/2009 6:52:54 AM PST by Las Vegas Ron (Obama says we should listen to our enemies, but not to Rush)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

Just leave all the ports on your website open - eventually some java applets - amongst other things - will install themselves..


27 posted on 02/21/2009 7:23:50 AM PST by glorgau
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Okay, thanks a lot!


28 posted on 02/21/2009 9:16:52 AM PST by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Nihil utile nisi quod honestum - Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
You're welcomeGoogle "inserting web components" and you'll get a lot of info.

Good luck!

29 posted on 02/21/2009 9:26:34 AM PST by Las Vegas Ron (Obama says we should listen to our enemies, but not to Rush)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Thanks LVR, I did finally figure out what I did wrong. I was forgetting to download and place the .class file in my root, as people on here said. The applet is working fine now, and I learned a teensy bit about web design!


30 posted on 02/21/2009 10:54:30 AM PST by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Nihil utile nisi quod honestum - Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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