Warren -
<<<
you must enable Java, _javascript_ and Autoinstall in the Advanced panel
of the Preferences
>>>
In Netwcape 7.1, I only see a check box for "Run Java".
Todd
Vail, Warren wrote:
Turns out I needed to install NS to do some testing in the next few days, so I did that
went to the URL with your editor and got the following alert out of the brand new NS install;
Information on this page requires a plug-in for:
application/x-java-applet; version=1.4
Communicator can retrieve the plug-in for you from:
http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/1.4/plugin-install.html
The SmartUpdate feature makes it easy to install new plug-ins. To
take advantage of SmartUpdate, you must enable Java, _javascript_
and Autoinstall in the Advanced panel of the Preferences, then
click the plug-in icon on the page.
What would you like to do?
[ Get the Plug-in ] [ Cancel ]
Clicked the Get the Plug-in button,
product not found (of course).
Found the following page that may have what you need;
http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/
Todd, I'd follow Dan's suggestion (a) and make the plug-in readily
available to your users, by adding a link to the download site
on your editor page.
Bet you didn't know that this routine was written by Pandora ;-)
(the owner of the box [or does Bill Gates own that too?])
Warren
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 11:15 AM
To: Todd Cary
Cc: Vail, Warren; PHP List
Subject: Re: [PHP] Integrating an Applet with PHP
Microsoft (being a monopoly) decided it did not want to follow Sun's
java standard and effectively froze their version of Java available in
IE @ Java 2 1.2 . (or something like that -- they're currently
finishing up Java 2 1.5). So if you wanted to use certain things with
microsoft you either needed to use ActiveX controls (Microsoft's answer
to Java) or Java 1.2 functionality (and there is some talk that
Microsoft will drop all support for Java in its next version of IE).
So, either (1 of the 3):
a. You must install Sun's Java Plug In for all computers running your
program. (If it relies on java > 1.2).
b. You must use ActiveX controls and forget about non MS Machines --
or code 2 versions for MS and non MS machines.
c. The problem is that Base 64 refers to 64 bit machines and no 32 bit
architecture will support it. (Shouldn't be the case -- Java guarantees
that different types will be the same number of bytes).
-Dan
n Fri, 2003-09-12 at 14:02, Todd Cary wrote:
Warren -
The Java code is available at http://www.hexidec.com/ekitdemo.php.
One of the reasons I need this applet working in non-IE browsers is
that my client has staff that use Macs and need to access the site
from the field...
Todd
Vail, Warren wrote:
I'm not sure about the relationship between an applet and an ActiveX control, and most of my development is for IE browsers (they have 90% of the market I hear), so I'm not sure I can help much here. If you can break down what works and what doesn't, it might help.
If the applet doesn't run correctly, I'd look for some Java release compatibility (maybe where activex comes into play). I think you can update the java release for the NS browser, but you'll have to get each user to do that.
If, on the other hand, the problem is with the _javascript_, you should be able to conditionally generate working _javascript_ for each browser (see PHP get_browser(). You might also enquire about the specs for the editing tool, to see if it supports other methods of encoding the document.
Wish I could be of more help here, but I've about reached the end of my chain (knowledge) on this one. I guess it would be too much to ask, but if you have the Java source, most people can sort of read Java, even though they are not proficient with it, and that could tell you a lot.
I am implementing a site with an Iframe, and having no problems with recent releases of Netscape, older releases are a problem, even with IE.
I have another site that does WYSIWYG editing in IE and provides a TEXTAREA for those NS users who insist on using stone axes, and it presents one or the other by detecting the browser in php.
good luck,
Warren Vail
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 9:10 AM
To: Todd Cary
Cc: Vail, Warren; PHP List
Subject: Re: [PHP] Integrating an Applet with PHP
why does it work in IE and not in Netscape 7.1?
I'm pretty sure ActiveX controls don't run on anything besides MS
Windows Lockinware (TM). There are a number of other things that
netscape does not fully support (try loading a page with an iframe tag
in Netscape). You probably ran into another such problem.
-Dan
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