Java Applets

[BigFred]

I've placed a Java Applet on a web page that I've developed but discovered that it doesn't display on some browsers.

I remember reading some while ago that MS has anounced that they were no longer supporting Java and I think I read of a case where Sun took them to court over this, (might have this wrong).

I did my initial check in a computer lab on 10 machines all running XP. The Applet ran on 5 and didn't on the others.

The browser in each case was IE 6.0.2600.000.XPclient.010817-1148

The security and advanced setting appeared to be the same.

Can anyone throw some light on this, and better still advise what I could change in my applet so that it works on all (most) modern browsers.

Thanks BF

[ecross]

Yep, Microsoft went to court. And now they stopped Supporting the Microsoft VM. Microsoft recommends for developers to replace the Microsoft VM with the Java Virtual Machine from another company. Of course that has to be Sun. More details... (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/news/jre.asp)

More likely if you cannot display applets it's either a security settings such as a firewall or you don't have the latest JVM, which you can get here (http://http://java.sun.com/getjava/index.html). If you want an applet that works for all Java enabled web browsers, I would download an early version of the JDK and write your own applets. :D

Enjoy

[BigFred]

Oh bummer!!!

Thanks for the info Eric.

Cheers BF

[ecross]

You're welcome BigFred!