Henry,
If it is sensitive information, I think the user would feel happier using
SSL ?
(in which case you don't have to worry about the encoding ...)
If you insist on using the applet approach then ...
1) why not hide the form and make the applet call a javascript function to
unhide
everything when it has loaded?
OR
2) Put all the fields on the applet and do a POST from the applet when they
hit
the applets submit (probably the most work cos you eliminate the HTML form
but
definitely do-able)
Think carefully about your architecture and which approach fits the
situation best
and will be the easiest to maintain.
Hope that helps! :)
Jonathan
-----Original Message-----
From: Henry Hooi Tak Keong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 26 October, 2000 8:38 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Applet and javascript...HELP
Hi all,
I'm need to encode certain form fields on my jsp page before submitting it
for processing because the information keyed in by the user is sensitive.
Does anyone have any recommendations on how I could go about it?
To resolve this issue, I have employed using an applet to encode the user's
information. The textfields used is still of a html form, and I used
javascript to invoke a method in the applet class on the textfields of the
form to help resolve this issue. However, that has led me to several
problems...
1) I can't seem determine when the applet has fully loaded on the html page
because if I press the submit button and the applet is still loading, then
the data in the forms will be posted without being encrypted first.
2) I realised that when I use this applet on form fields in a page with
frames , it somehow doesn't get loaded properly no matter how long I wait
for it to load. When I apply this applet to a page without frames, it loads
up almost instantaniously. Any suggestions on how I could resolve this data?
I have tried using the <jsp:plugin> tag to help download the applet but I'm
confused on how to reference it as an object, in terms of the DOM.
Initially, I can reference the html applet tag via
document.appletname.methodname.
This problem has been eluding me for days already and I really need help. I
realised that this may not be a the proper mailing list but I'm sure someone
here must have come across these issues before. I couldn't find an applet
mailing list from SUN, and if any of you found it, I would be glad if you
could pass it on. Thanks everyone.
Cheers'
Henry
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