I can't remember who it was that had a non-working Java Applet because he double clicked on the web page. I do remember sending him email that an applet won't execute locally. If you click on the web page and it opens in the browser, it opens as "file:///C|/mywebdir/test/applettest.html". I advised that he open the web page using the server name instead.

I remembered seeing his post again indicating that the java applet still doesn't work when he tried accessing the web page as http://localhost/applettest.html

I'm writing again to reiterate that the 'localhost' alias is also considered 'local' access and java applets won't execute like that either.

You have to say http://mydomainwhereappletresides/applettest.html or http://myipaddresswhereappletresides/applettest.html

WHY? Because browsers don't let you connect to a host unless it is your host. Otherwise, a bad bad applet could connect to your mail server, for example and send threatening email to other folks.

Hope this helps. Was my mystery man, Mr. Jules Bosch? Short-term memory loss has crept up on this old lady.

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