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proactive measures to stay informed about obsolete software and move
away from the MS JVM in a timely fashion. The MS JVM is no longer
available for distribution from Microsoft and there will be no
enhancements to the MS JVM. Microsoft products and SKUs currently
including the MS JVM have been retired or replaced by versions not
containing the MS JVM.
Obsolete software, whether in the form of unsupported
products, old service packs, or even expired certificates, is an issue
every customer needs to be concerned with. Microsoft software life cycle
communications help customers identify obsolete software in a proactive
and ongoing fashion.
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Due to the settlement of this lawsuit
between Microsoft and Sun Java, this program will no longer be included
with the Windows software. Instead, you will only have the Sun JRE
java program available to you.
We will need to find an alternative
method for applet scripting in Outlook Express and Windows Mail and
possibly eventually Internet Explorer may be affected as well. I
was able to view applets with the <applet> code in XP with the
Service Packs 2 & 3 installed using Sun JRE and the security setting
changes to view applets on the internet with much success.
However, I am not sure that will last for long. We may be required
to make a permanent change to our way of coding applets altogether
eventually. If that happens, a suggestion might be to use the
<IFRAME> code as I have done above.
You may decide that even
after making changes to your security settings, if you are
still having problems viewing applets in your e-mail program,
to begin using the Sun JRE program now.
You may, by personal choice, have
decided that you would rather use the Sun JRE java program now
if you are using Windows XP.
You can make sure that the Microsoft
VM is unchecked and the Sun JRE option is checked in your Internet
Security Options (Advanced tab). Click on the
Start/settings/control panel/internet options/advanced tab and then make
that change. Be sure to Apply/OK to save your
changes. Then, reboot your computer for the changes to take
effect.
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Please double check your security
settings with our Applet
Viewing Help Page 2 if you are having problems viewing applets on
the internet. As for viewing applets in your e-mail, if you are
using the default Sun JRE program to view applets, you will need to make
some changes in the way that you code your applet stationery script and
in the handling of your <applet> code.
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To be able to view our
applet stationery creations again, we will first need
to make a change in the way we will be handling our <applet>
tags. Then, we will need to make a change in the way
that we code our stationery scripts.
Step
1:
First you will need to make an .html
document containing the applet code that will be uploaded to your
website along with your class files for the applet. In
the following code you will see CodeBase="./" in the
applet code which simply means that the applet files will
be located in the shell of your website.
*Note - I have always kept
my applet files (such as class files and jar files) in
the main root of my website. I have found in the past that some
applets will not work when you put these files in subfolders.
I do, however, keep my main images in subfolders to keep them
organized.
Example of the
applet code:
<APPLET code=alcsnow.class codeBase="./"
height=290 width=350>
<PARAM NAME="snows"
VALUE="600">
<PARAM NAME="grph"
VALUE="images/kidsnowman.jpg">
<PARAM NAME="threadsleep"
VALUE="100">
</APPLET>
Save the sniplet of code as an
.html file and name your file something similar to the name of your
stationery (stat1.html for example) or website .html file. The
reason that I suggest that you name the applet .html with
a similar name as your stationery .html or website .html file
is so that it will make it easier for you to locate when you
need to find it quickly to make changes to the <applet>
.html file in the future. Upload this file to your website
main shell.
Then, once you have uploaded this
file to your website, you will be able to call it up each time
you use this particular stationery or webpage. This
file will contain the dimensions and names of each of
the images used in the applet for that stationery or webpage.
You will need to make a separate .html file for each of your applet
stationery .html files or webpage .html files.
Step
2:
The script for your stationery .html
or webpage .html file will be coded quite a bit
differently than we had done before. You will no longer be
coding the applet code in your script as we had done in
the past.You will now be using an <IFRAME> tag to display the
applet in Outlook Express or Windows Mail and even in Internet Explorer
if you would like. The applet should then be viewed correctly by
everyone with Sun JRE installed, and will not require you to have MS JVM
installed at all.
You will create all styles, applet borders,
etc. in this <IFRAME> source. Make
the src=" " point to the web location of your <APPLET> tag html
file only. Use the width= & height= from the <APPLET> tag for
the width and height in the <IFRAME> tag style if
needed.
Example of the
IFRAME code:
<IFRAME marginWidth=0 marginHeight=0
src="http://your website addy/applet filename.html" frameBorder=0
scrolling=no height=290 width=350></IFRAME>
For those of you who are in need of
help with your security settings for Internet Explorer and are using the
Windows 98, Windows
2000, Millenium or Windows XP with SP1 only,
you can find assistance on
the Viewing
Applets Help Page 1 .
For those of you who are in need of
help with your security settings for Internet Explorer and are using the
Windows XP with SP2
and/or SP3 and Windows Vista , you can find
assistance on the Viewing Applets Help Page 2 for XP
I hope that this information has been
helpful and will solve some of your problems. I am amending the zip
files on the group site and adding the applet .html files into each of
the zip files and <IFRAME> information for theWindows 7, XP and Vista users.
This will take some time however to finish amending the site and group
files, so please be patient.
Together we will figure it out.
Hugs,
Karen
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