Hi,

One of the lads in the office is learning Java and HTML. He's developed a small app, which works OK on his laptop and home PC but we can't get to work here in the office.

When you launch the HTML page, it just says "Loading Java applet...." and sits there for ever and never loads.

I tried the same on my XP machine (IE 6) and I noticed on the status bar there was a message "load: class OfficeApplet.class not found"

All the necessary files are in the one directory (C:\Temp for testing) and he doesn't have any commands with the path hardcoded.

Is this something obvious or is there a way of debugging whats going on?

Thanks,

Stefan

 

ozzy,

the Java VM is not installed as part of XP. Do you have this installed? Other than that you could try installing the JDK which contains 'appletviewer.exe' which will let you run applets.

Cheers

Gary

 

same problem as me! ive donea javascript menu, think im gonna have to re-think like trotty said to me, whos gonna use it if they have to download

 

si,

you wont need the VM for Javascript, its handled by one of the script parsers which comes with IE, the script should work just fine.

Gary

 

it doesnt though! ive sent it to 2 people they said that it didnt run!

 

si,

let me see the code and what sort of error do you get?

Does it run and error or not run at all?

Gary

 

Gary,

jvm is installed on my workstation. When you run the HTML file, it checks for and then downloads the Java Plug-in 1.1.

Is that the same function as the JVM??

Stefan

 

Just emailed it mate!

Si

 

oz,

too be honest not entirely sure! Thing is you can have a Java VM which I think is about 7/8 meg, the JDK which is about 25meg and also JRE (java Runtime enviornment), I think the plug-in sits on top of the VM but cant be sure!

Gary

 

No worries Gary, thanks for your help.

I think it's just something on the PC rather than any of his HTML of Java code.

I'll keep trying.

Stefan

 

si,

err...well it works fine on mine!!! do you get an error or does the menu just not appear? I checked the paths you were using to the reference the .js files in the zip file and everything was ok.

What version of IE are you running? In internet options|advanced uncheck the option 'Disable script debugging' that way you will get an error dialog to see if the code is actually being called.

Gary

 

well its works for me IE5 but mate on 6 couldnt run it

 

Si,

Well ive tried on 5 and 6 and its cool (menus look smart by the way!), it may be a security thing, If security is high it maybe disabling scripts, does he get an error message?

Gary

 

nar just the bottom part!

 

hmmm

sounds like the script isn't even being called, tell him to put security down to medium or low and see what happens but there aint nowt wrong with the script.

Gary

 

Its real annoying no point doing the site if the main aspect doesnt work!

Si

 

si,

dont give up the menus are probably the slickest Ive seen! Just get it uploaded somewhere and point people to it.

Gary

 

yeah suppose so! so are they highly rated then!

can do something right