MS JVM and Migration question...
Hi, I have to migrate an APPLET written in MS SDK for Java. Here is the brief overview of what the applet does.
This is a signed applet. When the applet is loaded on the client's machine, it downoads some pdf documents and send the pdf documents to the client's printer. So, in order to do this, it downloads the files to client's machine, open acrobat reader in hidden mode, get the printer setting of the client from the registry and then print the pdf dcoument.
Well, all of this is working fine with out any problems. But now, since MS Java is no longer available and even MS JVM will cease to exist after 2007, we are planning to migrate the applet to Sun Java with few other modifications.
So, I just wanted to if these packages will still be available after 2007, when MS withdraws support for MS JVM.
import com.ms.security.*;
import com.ms.wfc.app.*;
import com.ms.win32.Kernel32;
Can I use these packages in the code that will be migrated to Sun Java? If so, will these packages still be valid even after 2007? If not, are there any alternatives for the following tasks in Sun Java:
Checking the file read/write permissions on the client's machine.
Create a folders and file on the client's machine.
Read registry setting for getting printer properties and other Acrobat reader information.
Any help in this regard will be highly appreciated. I am more of a Microsoft technologies guy and having hard time figuring out the alternatives.
Thanks in advance
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