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EASY - Applet question

I have an applet that uses classes from a jar file "COS.JAR". Problem is, that unless I run the applet on my own pc, it cannot find the classes contained in the JAR file. I have read documentation that explains the process of running an applet that is "contained" in a jar file but have found nothing about applets that are "not" contained in a jar, BUT import classes that ARE in a jar.

I would like to know how I can get the applet to work correctly with importing classes that are in a JAR file, when the applet is not in the jar itself?

Thanks,
JDC

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TimYates

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jdc0724

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Are you suggesting that I put the applet in a jar by itself and then include the paths to the applet JAR and the COS.jar in the archive tag?? Is there any benefit to having the applet in its own jar or can I just specify the COS.jar in the archive tag and not bundle the applet?

Thanks,
JDC

TimYates

Yup, that should work too :-)

<APPLET
CODEBASE = "."
CODE = "Main.class"
ARCHIVE = "COS.jar"
NAME = "MainApplet"
WIDTH = 800
HEIGHT = 600
>
</APPLET>

So long as the COS jar is in the same directory as your applet class =)

Good luck!!

Hope it works!!

Tim.

jdc0724

ASKER

jdc0724

ASKER

oops sorry!! Posted the same message twice. Please diregard the previous post.

TimYates

Hee hee, ok :-)

Thank-god it's not my eyes going double again... =)

jdc0724

ASKER

Currently I have the COS.jar file in my Tomcat/lib directory so the COS.jar file is known serverwide (obviously this dosen't apply to applets). But can I specify absolute paths in the "archive" tag or does it have to be in the same directory always? Since the COS.jar file is in the Tomcat/lib directory and included in the classpath, is there an easier way to refer to the jar in the archive tag?

Thanks,
JDC

TimYates

I am not sure, but I don't think so

The browser is the thing that downloads the Jar, and so it has to be accessible from web-browsers

Therefore, the jar file has to be in the webapps directory somewhere

The classpath for tomcat on the server will have no effect, as the applet is running on the client machine

I am not sure if you can set up a lib directory inside webapps, and then reference the jar with

ARCHIVE= "/lib/COS.jar"

This MIGHT work (but I doubt it)

Hmmm...I always have it all over the place (as I am a sloppy kinda guy)

Let me know if you find a neater solution...I will be interested =)

Tim

jdc0724

ASKER

Very prompt assistance was greatly appreciated.

TimYates

No worries :-) Glad I could help :-)

Good luck with it!!

Tim.