Posted by Andrew Thompson on 03/02/07 16:55

On Mar 3, 3:34 am, "Jimbo" <noaddr...@fuspammer.com> wrote:
> I have a website & applet produced under Windows-XP. It works fine. I took
> it to a machine running Windows 98 & an earlier version of Java to test what
> happens when I open the web page using IE6 & FireFox. The html invoking the
> applet is:
>
> <applet code="assumptions.class" archive="popproj.jar"

alt='Java must be enabled for this applet to work'

> ..width='760'
> height='340'>
> This applet was coded using Java 1.5.0_08-b03.</applet>
>
> Instead of the expected text, both browsers ..

Browsers, or MS' OS component?

>...said "Loading Java Applet
> Failed...". How do I display the explanatory text?

Try the 'alt' attribute, but some
PC/browser/plug-in/security setting
combinations will simply present a big
gray square (and not even a message),
no matter what you do.

You are better off looking to JWS, to
launch applets.
E.G. <http://www.physci.org/jws/#jtest>

HTH

Andrew T.

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