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Article #5Re: You CAN'T deploy applets written in Swing.
From: Darryl Pentz
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 00:00
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sean.mcdermott@usa.net wrote in message <6ruu48$iid$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>... > > >> > In my latest applet, I've been using the Java plugin and that works quite >> > well in both browsers... >> > >> >> I already know Swing applets will work if they're signed and we use the Java >> plug-in. The whole point of my posting was that with the release of Swing, >> JavaSoft has moved us to a new era. Now you have to SIGN ALL APPLETS TO MATTER >> WHAT. Remember, before, we only had to sign applets if they attempted to leave >> the sandbox. That's no longer true! Now, anytime you write an applet, if you >> use Swing to do the interface, you have to sign it - period. > >I've been using Swing 1.0.2 (JFC 1.1?) with IE4 and haven't need to sign >*anything*. Everything works perfectly! You do get a couple of stack traces >on the Java Console as Swing initializes but these can be ignored. In fact, >I'm rather impressed with the speed of Swing once it is loaded. All I do is >include the swingall.jar file in the archive part of the applet tag. > >I do believe you're last sentance regarding Swing and signing is utter >nonsense. I agree. The last sentence is bunk. You only have to sign applets that require trusted access to your local machine. - Darryl
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