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Applets are Java programs that run within Java-enabled browsers like Netscape Communicator and Internat Explorer.

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How do I disable Java in Mozilla Firefox?
Java:API:Applets:Browsers
John Zukowski PREMIUM, Sep 29, 2007
Select Options in the Tools menu. From there, select Content on the top, and then make the the checkbox next to "Enable Java" is off.

How do I change the location for the cache used by Java Web Start / Java Plug-in?
Java:API:Applets:Browsers:Plug-in
John Zukowski PREMIUM, Sep 29, 2007
Open up the Java Control Panel. On the General tab, select the Settings button in the Temporary Internet Files section. From there, select Change in the...

How do I disable caching in Java Web Start?
Java:API:Applets:Browsers:Plug-in
John Zukowski PREMIUM, Sep 29, 2007
Open up the Java Control Panel, on the General tab, select Settings in the Temporary Internet Files section. From there, make sure the checkbox next to...

How do I have the Java console automatically show up when the runtime for the Java Plug-in starts up?
Java:API:Applets:Browsers:Plug-in
John Zukowski PREMIUM, Dec 19, 2006
This is controlled by an option in the Control Panel. Find the Advanced tab of the Java feature under the Control Panel. Select "Show console" and it will...

I've hidden the Java Console from the system tray in Windows. How do I get it back?
Java:API:Applets:Browsers:Plug-in
John Zukowski PREMIUM, Dec 19, 2006
Select Java in the Control Panel. Select the Advanced Tab. Find the Miscellaneous option at the bottom. Make sure the "Place Java icon in system tray"...

What's up with applet permissions on Windows Vista?
Java:API:Applets:Security
John Zukowski PREMIUM, Oct 31, 2006
According to the release notes: On Windows Vista, there is a more restrictive sandbox for signed applets. A user has fewer privileges than if they were...

Im looking for the simpliest TTT source code, 3x3 matrix...Human vs Human. If anyone have it, please show me the script.
Java:API:Applets, Unassigned
Nils Christian Svihus, Jan 18, 2006
Here is a TicTacToe applet/application hybrid. It runs as an applet in a browser and as an application when launched from the command prompt. import...

How can I save applet state?
Java:API:Applets
John Zukowski PREMIUM, Jun 30, 2005
An applet persistence API was introduced some time ago with JDK 1.4, offering three methods of the java.applet.AppletContext interface: setStream(), g...

Where can I find a complete example of using RMI in applets?
Java:API:RMI, Java:API:Applets
Jason Rosenblum, Mar 19, 2002
Sun provides one in their Getting Started with RMI guide.

How can I get a JavaScript menu to dropdown on top of an applet. The ones I have always go behind the applets I have loaded on my page.
Java:API:Applets, JavaScript
Firat Tiryaki PREMIUM, Mar 1, 2002
You should think of an applet is a self containing page in a page. Because of this, the applets behave like they are different objects in html pages. This...

Can I prevent someone from downloading my applet's class files and installing them on their own machine/server?
Java:API:Applets
John Zukowski PREMIUM, Feb 28, 2002
No. If a file is downloadable from the web, anyone can download it, this includes applet files.

Are the attributes in the APPLET HTML tag sensitive to the order they are listed?
Java:API:Applets
John Zukowski PREMIUM, Feb 28, 2002
The applet tags like ARCHIVE and CODE are not supposed to be sensitive to the order they are listed. However, some older versions of browsers required...

Where can i find a list of compatability issues between Microsoft's VM and Sun's Java 2 VM?
Java:API:Applets, Java:Language
Davanum Srinivas PREMIUM, Feb 28, 2002
Microsoft VM and Java 2 Applet Compatibility Issues

How do i access the underlying DOM Document for my HTML Page of my Browser?
Java:API:Applets, Java:Language, JavaScript
Davanum Srinivas PREMIUM, Feb 28, 2002
DOMService service = null; try { service = DOMService.getService(MyApplet); String title = (String) service.invokeAndWait(new DOMAction() ...

Where is the Java Plugin Developers Guide for JDK1.4?
Java:API:Applets, Java:Language
Davanum Srinivas PREMIUM, Feb 28, 2002
Java Plug-in 1.4 Developer Guide

How can I maintain a single instance of an object in an applet?
Java:API:Applets, Process:Patterns:Design
Kumar Pandey, Feb 27, 2002
In start(), instead of always creating a new object, return the existing one if it exists or create a new one if it doesn't.

I have a class clientSocket that connect to the Server, sends some data and receives some data. When I run this class from Applet within HTML page it's run fine under IE (4.0) NT env, but if i run same...
Java:API:Applets:Security
John Zukowski PREMIUM, Feb 27, 2002
Netscape requires that the address used for a socket connection back to the web server matches the URL hostname used to load the applet. If the applet...

Can I use CAB files with the Java Plug-in?
Tools:Browsers:Plug-in, Java:API:Applets:Browsers:Plug-in
John Zukowski PREMIUM, Feb 27, 2002
No. CAB file support is specific to the Microsoft runtime. If you want to bundle your class files together with the Java Plug-in, you should use JAR files...

After calling the getAudioClip() method of Applet, when is the AudioClip loaded?
Java:API:Media:Sound, Java:API:Applets
John Zukowski PREMIUM, Feb 26, 2002
Until you try to play an audio clip, the AudioClip is not loaded.

How can applets from different codebases on the same HTML page communicate with each other?
Java:API:Applets, JavaScript:Integration:Java
Luigi Viggiano PREMIUM, Feb 9, 2002
You can use JavaScript and LiveConnect as a bridge. Let's say you have applet A and applet B. You should write 2 JavaScript called sendMessageToA(var s)...

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