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On 19 Apr 2001 22:29:57 -0700, "Torsten Welches"
<torsten.welches@who.cares.netcologne.de> wrote:
>
>no, normal Applets are not allowed to load DLLs from the client 
>box, that's no-no-territory outside of their sandbox.
>http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/applet/practical/security.html
>

Thanks, that makes sense.  But what sort of java application can use
JNI then?  You might want to see the final paragraphs before
answering.

>If your Java code runs on the server (e.g. Servlet) rather than on the client (Applet) your approach would work - as long as 
>your Internet server is on Windows.
>http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/servlets/index.html
>

I haven't picked up the java lingo yet and can't really differentiate
between application, applet, and servlet ;)

>BTW - Delphi has strong Internet capabilities as well. Why 
>don't you do that?
>

Let me give an example of what I'm trying to do.  It's a stupid
example but demonstrates the concept.  Suppose I have a delphi
application that zip's files.  Rather than selling this application
for $50, I want to provide a web interface and charge people $1 per
file they zip.  The current idea under consideration is to put my
zipping code in a dll, then write a java interface that would call the
dll (via JNI?) to zip the file they requested.  The dll would, of
course, be stored on the users machine.

Please keep in mind that the ultimate goal isn't to zip a file, it's
to execute some code derived from my delphi app on the users machine.

Thanks much!  I know this can be done but just need a push in the
right direction.