plug-in version 1.4.1_01 not supporting applets of version 1.3.0_01
Hi,
I've just downloaded the j2sdk version 1.4.1_01 onto my Red Hat Linux 8.0 machine and added the plugin to my browser (Mozilla 1.0.1). Now I cannot view applets of version 1.3.0_01, generated by ColdFusion 5.0 (see HTML source, below). I'm trying to develop ColdFusion web sites but now I can't view them.
The HTML pages I'm trying to view embed an object of mime type application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.3.0_01. When I examine the java plugin, it supports many mime types, but not this one. (see below) I wonder why not?
What is the general convention for backwards compatibility of the java plugin? Has anyone else encountered this problem? Do you have any suggestions? Is my best bet to go back to j2sdk 1.3?
Thanks,
-Kay
HTML source: My browser won't load the java plug-in for this applet. It doesn't recognize the version "jpi-version=1.3.0_01". When I copy this page, change "jpi-version=1.3.0_01" to "version=1.3.0", it works great. Unfortunately I don't have control over how these pages are generated.
<embed
TYPE="application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.3.0_01"
PLUGINSPAGE="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/jre/index.html"
CODE="allaire.controls2.CFTextApplet.class"
ARCHIVE="/CFIDE/classes/CFJava2.jar"
MAYSCRIPT="true"
HEIGHT="40"
WIDTH="200"
_CF_FORM_NAME="CFForm_1"
_CF_PARAM_NAME="__CFTEXT__CFForm_1__description_of_task"
_CF_TEXT_PARAM=""
>
My java plugin:
[/usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.1/plugins]% strings libjavaplugin_oji.so | grep version
application/x-java-applet::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.1::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.2::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.3::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-applet;version=1.2::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.1::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.2::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-applet;version=1.3::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-applet;version=1.3.1::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-applet;version=1.4::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.1::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.4.1_01::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-bean::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.1::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.2::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.3::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-bean;version=1.2::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.1::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.2::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-bean;version=1.3::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-bean;version=1.3.1::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-bean;version=1.4::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.1::Java(tm) Plug-in;
application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.4.1_01::Java(tm) Plug-in
Reading this forum, I see a similar problem posted; but there were no replies to his post.
> Jun 5, 2001 8:11 PM
> Hi,
>
> I want to have any plugin version including or greater than
> jpi-version=1.3.0_01 recognised as supporting a 1.3.0_01 embed.
>
> My syntax fragment for plugin is:
> <EMBED type="application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.3.0_01"
>
> If I have the Java Plugin 1.3.0_01 installed everything works fine. If
> I have 1.3.1 installed, things do not work as I expected. I would have
> thought, that if you had at least version 1.3.0_01 everything should
> work.
>
> But it is not recognising the updated plugin.
>
> I am using netscape 4.76, on Windows 2000
>
> Thanks
> Jason
