verrry weird socket error
i have a server no gui just runs from command line
all it does is accept an connection create an thread for that connection and every time the client sends a message displays that message + says with thread is handing that connection
now this works fine and when testing it using the simple client here
http://java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/Programming/BasicJava2/socket.html
it works fine each connection is added and if i open like 10 clients and send data from each one the server displays each thread number correct and the data correct
now the problem
i wrote an client using normal java application window like above and this also worked fine
i have recently changed it to an APPLET this is were the trouble starts
evert time i open my new client applet the server adds the connection fine
i can even open another 3 or 4 and they all get added correctly
BUT
when i send data it only sends the data to the last opened connection so all of my clients seam to be chatting to the last opened connection on the server
and when i shut them down the server does not seam to see they are dead UNTILL the very last client is shut down
befor on the
http://java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/Programming/BasicJava2/socket.html
when u shut each client down the server would shut each connection thread as well
some things gone weird when swapping over to applets
after writing all that for a laugh i thought id test my program using the appletviewer not just compiling n clicking the html (way i have been)
and hey presto works fine
so y does it work properly on appletviewer and not from the html
is the browser hurting the socket connections some how
when this is all done id like to host it on the net but if it does not work on html it wont work ?
or will it some how be happy once both applet and server are both online on some proper java server ?
any ideas
