If you need to read and write to a file, just keep the files on the server. You can pull a resource off the originating server to read something. Writing to a file is probably going to be a problem however. You could always sign the applet and then you would be able to read and write all you wanted.
The other option is to simply deploy it as a Java Application instead of an Applet. That seems a lot more appropriate for what you are trying to do. Atreya _____________________________________ Atreya Basu Developer, Greenfield Research Inc. e-mail: atreya (at) greenfieldresearch (dot) ca -----Original Message----- From: Susan Hoddinott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: July 3, 2003 2:35 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Compensating for applet security restrictions Hello, I currently have a JSP with an APPLET tag (including EMBED and OBJECT references) which runs a JAR file located on my server. The program runs fine but because the APPLET is run by the Java plug-in whenever it needs to read or write data it attempts to read or write the data from or on the client machine, which is clearly inappropriate. I do not want to use servlets as I would like to distribute the APPLET and program when I have finished and do not want to assume servlet support. The jar file first program is a JApplet and this creates a JFrame using a normal class file. All other programs are normal classes (i.e. non-applets). I want to use the graphics environments on the client machine as my own web server does not have an installed graphics environment. I have been investigating URLConnections, Sockets, Proxy Servers and RMI and have been left feeling confused as I am unclear which is the best approach and all seem very complicated to overcome what seems to be a simple problem. Furthermore, all examples seem to use a single text file whereas I want to default all IO to the server rather than the client. Does anyone know a solution for this problem? Regards, Susan Hoddinott http://www.hexworx.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
