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On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 03:06:42 -0400, John McGrath  [TeamB]
<ng-b@JPMcGrath.net> wrote:

>On Mon, 25 Jun 2001 21:04:05 GMT, webseal wrote:
>
>> in my applet I try to read some data out of an text file,
>> that is stored in the same URL as the applet class on the
>> server.
>> 
>> I use the following construct to read the file
>
>There are two problems here.
>
>First, the File class is used to identify a file on a local file 
>system.  When you run in the AppletViewer, the file is on a local
>file system, so there is no problem.  But that would not work over
>the net.  Your applet would be executing within the browser in the
>client's machine, and the file would be on the HTTP server.
>
>Even if the file were located on the client machine, you would not
>be allowed to read it from an Applet, unless you had signed the
>Applet and given it permission to read the local file system.
>
>There are ways to get a resource from the JAR file that contains
>you class files, but I understand that there are some problems
>with different browsers' implementations of this.  Try posting on
>the "applet-issues" newsgroup -- people there will be more familiar
>with the issues.
>
>-- 
>Regards,
>
>John McGrath [TeamB]
>
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