I have been trying to come up with ways that I can have two applets running under the same web browser, but different pages communicate. 1 - Using getAppletContext().getApplet( ... ) 2 - Opening some sockets and sending data back and forth 3 - Using java-script as the messanger, requires some LiveConnect or something like that plugin. First off, #1 is a no no, because the java specs say that you can''t have two java apps communicating if they exist on different html pages ( mine do ). Some browsers support it, but not all. #2 - no probs with this yet #3 - I don''t want the user to have to download a plugin... Have I missed any other ways, The two java applets are different applets, so I can''t create any Static variables and communicate that way either. ao

Here is a tut on that subject at JavaWorld.

Cheers, JP.


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Thanks for the link. I''m a little stuck though. I don''t know if you have tried out the code, but somethings not working right. I don''t see the result of changing the static variable throughout all the applets? I made sure the applets were all in the same codebase and all that... So I''m a little stuck on that.

Anyone else have any luck with this stuff?

ao

Hmmm, ok after a little tinkering it appears as though it works if the class files aren't all packed up into a jar or cab file. Well that sucks, because I need to do some networking stuff and thus require a signed cab or jar file. Boy oh boy, why does java always find a way to really really piss me off.

Another thing that pisses me off is that I hear you should be able to open a socket to the server from which the applet originated without requiring permission from the user. This does not seem to work for me either, If I could solve that problem then I would just leave them as classes and I could use the static varibables to communicate. arrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!

ao

Edited by - ao on December 19, 2000 12:33:28 AM