On Sat, 4 Aug 2001, belfastolive wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is it possible to get an applet to read a text file on a client machine?
>
> Title Description:
>
> A background process on the client's desktop is generating numbers and writing these
>to a text file. I want an applet to display different colours based on these numbers.
>This text file will be updated on a per second basis and the applet must respond in
>real time to these updates. For purposes of demonstration, I am the user. Do I need
>to grant the applet any extra privileges to read from the text file and how do I do
>this as the applet programmer?
It does need extra privileges. You should generate a key and sign your
applet jar with it. Use the jdk-included keytool for key generation and
the jar-packager for signing. The -h option of the tools will tell how to
use them.
Greets,
Ingo
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