🚀 go-pugleaf

now that rich says you don't, you can do it if you write a client server
applet and then
have the server do all the file stuff with your applet instructing it
what to do. Lots of work
though. You can wade through  samples\borland\apps\chess\client & server
if your really
need to do it.

Rich Wilkman wrote:

> Gil:
>
> You don't.  An Applet cannot write files (or create files/directories)
> on the
> server where it lives, only read.  All the File related classes
> implement
> security manager and will stop those activites (even checking for
> write
> permision, if memory serves).  You are pretty much limited to
> activities based
> upon InputStreams.
>
> -Rich
>
> Gil Delavous wrote:
>
> > Hi, I want to create an applet the basically displays files and
> directories
> > in the server where this applet is located. I'd like my applet read
> and
> > write some of the files, create/remove directories, and so on.
> > It seems that I cannot use the File and RandomAccessFile classes,
> because
> > they only work with local system.
> > So, how can I easily handle this from an applet?