Starting Java applet with parameters

[Rick]

Hi,

what I'd like to do is to use a java applet on my website. But it needs some
information so I was thinking about giving parameters when the applet
starts. But is this possible? When I try code like this in Netbeans the
applet will give errors while starting.
public MyApplet( int argC, String args[] )
{
// the constructor of the applet
}
How to use startup arguments? Or if this is not possible, are their other
good ways to send data to the applet( or let the applet get data from the
website, the data is a long string inside a textbox).

Greetings,
Rick

[Silvio Bierman]

Re: Starting Java applet with parameters


"Rick" <aso3rick@hotma il.com> wrote in message
news:3f8bbe38$0 $58712$e4fe514c @news.xs4all.nl ...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> what I'd like to do is to use a java applet on my website. But it needs[/color]
some[color=blue]
> information so I was thinking about giving parameters when the applet
> starts. But is this possible? When I try code like this in Netbeans the
> applet will give errors while starting.
> public MyApplet( int argC, String args[] )
> {
> // the constructor of the applet
> }
> How to use startup arguments? Or if this is not possible, are their other
> good ways to send data to the applet( or let the applet get data from the
> website, the data is a long string inside a textbox).
>
> Greetings,
> Rick
>
>
>
>[/color]

Rick,

You must add the parameters in the <applet> tag, something like

<applet ...>
<param name="p1" value="v1"/>
<param name="p2" value="v2"/>
</applet>

and access them through Applet.getParam eter(String)

Regards,

Silvio Bierman

[Rick]

Re: Starting Java applet with parameters

Ok, got that part. But how and where to catch them in the applet? If I add
some parameters to the applet contructor it crashes(compili ng in Netbeans)
and if I put them in the init() routine the init won't be executed.

Greetings,
Rick

[Me]

Re: Starting Java applet with parameters

Check the API documentation for Applet. The class has a member function that
will do that.

Rich

in article 3f8d2bf2$0$5870 2$e4fe514c@news .xs4all.nl, Rick at
aso3rick@hotmai l.com wrote on 10/15/03 7:15 AM:
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> Ok, got that part. But how and where to catch them in the applet? If I add
> some parameters to the applet contructor it crashes(compili ng in Netbeans)
> and if I put them in the init() routine the init won't be executed.
>
> Greetings,
> Rick
>
>[/color]