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Greg:

Okay, that makes things a little clearer.  Chalk it up as yet another
browser specific problem.  For whatever reason NS has determined that
reading a file via these classes is a security risk.  Gah!

The mechanism using only InputStream works in all the browsers including
1.02 only browsers and is the one I use in my own code.

-Rich

Greg Dickson wrote:
> 
> IE4 works ok
> 
> I tried
>  DataInputStream thePage = new DataInputStream
> (myConfigFile.openStream());
> with
>   while ((aLine = thePage.readLine()) != null){
> 
> and Netscape 4 still throws
> 
> netscape.security.AppletSecurityException: security.class from local
> disk trying to access url:
> http://www.netserv.net.au/witchy/admin/adminCfg.txt
> #  UniversalConnect privilege not enabled: Contacting and connecting
> with other computers over a network
> 
> |Silly question, but the file adminCfg.txt *is* on the server with the
> |applet (and in the same dir as the HTML file), right?
> 
> Yep sure is
> |
> |-Rich
> |
> |Greg Dickson wrote:
> |>
> |> Thanks Rich
> |> Ive tried
> |>  URL myConfigFile = new URL( getDocumentBase(), "adminCfg.txt");
> |>  textArea1.append(myConfigFile + "\n");
> |>  InputStream inStream = myConfigFile.openStream();
> |>  BufferedReader thePage = new BufferedReader(
> |>         new InputStreamReader(
> |>         inStream));
> |>
> |> and it still fails what am I missing
> |> do I have to lose the BufferedReader
> |> Greg
> |>
> |> Rich Wilkman wrote in message
> <34BBA53A.32991AF3@corp.borland.com>...
> |> |Greg:
> |> |
> |> |You need to work with InputStreams instead of File based classes
> that
> |> |implement the security manager (and hence get killed in Applets).
> |> |You're already on the right track, but after you create your URL
> try
> |> |something like:
> |> |
> |> |InputStream iStr = myConfigFile.openStream();
> |> |
> |> |and then work with the read mechanisms off of InputStream.
> |> |
> |> |-Rich
> |> |
> |> |
> |> |Greg Dickson wrote:
> |> |>
> |> |> Hi guys
> |> |>
> |> |> I have been tring to read a file in the same directory on my web
> |> site
> |> |> (its a config file for the applet that I would prefer not to be
> a
> |> set
> |> |> of parameters)
> |> |> is this possible
> |> |> I have tried several things and I got this to work on IE4 but
> only
> |> on
> |> |> it
> |> |> try {
> |> |>  URL myConfigFile = new URL( getDocumentBase(), "config.txt");
> |> |>  URLConnection connectFile = myConfigFile.openConnection();
> |> |>  BufferedReader thePage = new BufferedReader(
> |> |>         new InputStreamReader(
> |> |>         connectFile.getInputStream()));
> |> |>
> |> |> this throws an
> |> |> AppletSecurityException:
> |> |> in all other browsers
> |> |>
> |> |> Hey I only want to read a file from wense I came is this
> possible
> |> yet
> |> |> or must the applet be signed ... etc to do just this
> |> |>
> |> |> Or via CGI
> |> |>
> |> |> thanks heaps Greg Dickson
> |> |> witchy@netserv.net.au