Updating applet JRE without embed.

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mcamward
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Updating applet JRE without embed.

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I have inherited maintenance of an applet. I've been beating on this for a while with no success, since it's Friday, I'll yield to a higher power.

In IE the “classid” variable of the <OBJECT> attribute triggers the JRE validation and updating in HTML coded applet instantiations.
applet="<OBJECT classid=\"clsid:{CAFEEFAC-0018-0000-FFFF-ABCDEFFEDCBA}\" WIDTH = " + width + " HEIGHT = " + height + " codebase='http://java.sun.com/update/1.8.0/jinstall-8u31-windows-i586.cab#Version=1,8,0,0'><Rest of application> </OBJECT>"

This variable is not recognized by FireFox. Instead the same task is accomplished with a construct of <COMMENT><EMBED>“pluginspage”</COMMENT></EMBED>.
<COMMENT><EMBED type='application/x-java-applet;version=1.8' width='" + width + "' height='" + height + "' align='baseline' code='com.somedirectory.someApplet.class' pluginspage='http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/GetFile/1.8.0_31-b13/windows-i586/xpiinstall.exe' [Application to be executed...]</COMMENT></EMBED>

After Firefox v33+, the <EMBED> attribute has been deprecated and replaced with <OBJECT>.
The documentation states that the function of “classid” can be duplicated with:
• data=’URL of update directory’
• type=’ application/x-java-applet;version=1.8’

To make this work without nesting the object I need to discriminate between the IE and FFox browsers.
if (browser.Ffox) {
applet="<OBJECT WIDTH='" + width + "' HEIGHT='" + height + "' align='baseline' type='application/x-java-applet;version=1.8' data='http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/GetFile/1.8.0_31-b13/windows-i586/xpiinstall.exe'><Application to be executed...>"
} else {
IE }

And it doesn't work...

Ideas?

Mike
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Re: Updating applet JRE without embed.

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Moving to Web Development.
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Why make a difference? To my knowledge both browsers understand the new object syntax.
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Re: Updating applet JRE without embed.

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"To my knowledge both browsers understand the new object syntax."

Not quite. As expected IE is happy with:
<OBJECT classid=\"clsid:{CAFEEFAC-0017-0000-FFFF-ABCDEFFEDCBA}\" WIDTH = " + width + " HEIGHT = " + height + " codebase='http://java.sun.com/update/1.8.0/jinstall-7u75-windows-i586.cab#Version=1,7,0,0'>...</OBJECT>

Firefox on the other hand wants the codebase and type statement directly under <OBJECT>
<OBJECT WIDTH='" + width + "' HEIGHT='" + height + "' codebase='http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/GetFile/1.7.0_75-b13/windows-i586/xpiinstall.exe#Version=1,7,0,0' type='application/x-java-applet;version=1.7'>...</OBJECT>"

I read your response last Saturday, It took me a while to get back to this.

Thanks Trolly,

Mike
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Think for yourself. Otherwise you have to believe what other people tell you.
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