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Re: You CAN'T deploy applets written in Swing.

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From: Darryl Pentz
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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Subject: Re: You CAN'T deploy applets written in Swing.
Date: 1998/08/25
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