Not even sure where to ask
My friend has an XP MC PC. He has an icon that has a link to a JAVA applet (I think that's the term) but clicking the icon does not launch Java - or so his application provider told him.
If I copy to entire contents of the link in Properties to an already established IE7 session, the application starts just fine. I am told by the solution provider that the link is simply a Java applet.
I tried to use this on my own system and Java launches just fine. I'm funning XP Home. Both computers are up to date on patches.
One thing that I thought was odd when I first looked at the icon that wasn't working was that it still has the default IE "E" picture - not the applications logo. When I loaded this on my system, the icon that worked, the icon had the other company's logo.
Is this something an end user can fix or should the company providing the software be resolving it? Their answer is that the system is not launching Java.
Thanks for any advice you can give me.
You're right, you aren't sure where to ask, because this is a java programmer's forum where people who write java programs ask and answer questions. Yours is kind of out of this realm.
Having said that, I wonder what version of java is installed on the machine that does not work quite right. My bet is that it is the microsoft version, a version which may not be around for a lot longer and I think may be plagued by compatability issues. I recommend that whoever owns that machine first upgrade their version of the the java runtime environment (JRE) to the Sun version. There should be a download at Sun Java's site:
http://www.java.com/en/download/
Anybody -- please correct any mistakes that might be here. Thnx
Its okay to post here. He/She is new to java and has a question about java, not about java code, for programmers that use java to develop apps is the java programming forum. So its well posted.
Answer:
The applet is a java application that runs on a web browser using a java virtual machine installed on the PC.
the applet you say its a jar? a .class?
The problem is that you are trying to run the app by double clicking it, but as said before the applet must be loaded on a web browser.
try to make a small web page that loads that applet and then you can run the applet sine that web page saved on your PC.
