Java VM crashing on load
I am a developer of quite a large web application and one of the tools in this application uses a java applet. This applet, on loading, does quite a lot of work (one of which is calling a piece of CGI that streams in some gzipped data). The applet works fine and has been in production for over a year.
The problem we are experiencing is that if a user clicks on a link in the webpage while the applet is loading (i.e. during the Java Splash screen) then the browser locks up completely and you have to CTRL-ALT-DEL to kill it off in Task Manager.
This problem only seems to occur in Firefox. I have posted this on a Firefox forum, but was interested to hear if anyone has any insights on here?
I'm not sure if its an issue with the VM being stopped before it's fully loaded or my code being interrupted by the click away and then going haywire. Are there any signals/events I can capture in the applet that occur when a user tries to navigate away?
Many thanks,
Simon
