Posted by Roy A. on 10/21/07 07:17

On 18 Okt, 11:22, JWS <j...@my.home> wrote:
> This must surely be a FAQ, but Googling hasn't helped much so far.
>
> I am trying to learn Java, because one of my pages needs an
> applet. The question is: how to put the applet on the page, in
> such a way that the applet works both in Mozilla and IE, *and* the
> page still validates as HTML 4.01 strict.
>
> I tried
>
> <p>
> <object codetype="application/java"
> classid="java:DrawingLines.class"
> width="300" height="300">
> You should have seen a Java applet that draws lines.
> </object>
>
> which is valid html strict, it works in Mozilla (XP and Linux),
> but IE7 only shows the fallback text.
>
> If I say
>
> <p>
> <applet code="DrawingLines.class" width="300" height="300">
> You should have seen a Java applet that draws lines.
> </applet>
>
> it works in Mozilla and IE7, but does not validate as html strict.
> Is there a better way to do this, or should I just not bother and
> be happy with validation as "transitional"?

I think you can use the object element in IE7 too. Have a look at this
link:

http://joliclic.free.fr/html/object-tag/en/object-java.html

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