i cant play any java applet games things... yea
when i try to play a game applet thing, it doesnt show. all that i see in the box is a small rectangle on the top left corner.
i dont know whats wrong. this started when i downloaded Java Runtime 2 Envirenment(or something like that).
can someone tell me what's wrong here and how can i fix it?
A good place to start would be the Java console. If you're using Java 2 runtime (sounds like you are), go to the control panel and set the console to show via the 'Java Plugin' applet. When you visit the page again, you should see the Java icon appear in your system tray: double-click it to display the console.
If you're using the browser's (Explorer, right?) runtime, go to Tools, Internet Options, Advanced Options and, under Microsoft VM, set Java Console Enabled (then exit/restart IE). When you visit the page, go View, Show Java Console to display the console.
The console gives you a window to System.out and System.err so any messages from the applet or exceptions will appear here. You should be able to figure out what's going wrong from here.
Hope this is some use...
Best, etc.
Chris.
No, no reason to get rid of JRE 2. If you are using a (pre Windows-XP) version of IE with the Microsoft VM included, you can set IE to use it instead of the JRE2 plugin by looking at Advanced Options (Under Tools/Internet Options in IE) and unchecking the option to use 'Java 2' environment as default (under Microsoft VM).
If you do this, the APPLET tag will make use of the browser's VM and the JRE2 VM will only be invoked if specifically required by an OBJECT tag, in other words, Microsoft's VM will become the browser default.
Did you get to see the console? The first few lines of text that appear on it should tell you which Java environment it is running under.
Chris.
PS. Awfully quiet, this forum!
