Re: [flasher] Re: Flash Java interaction

[Jason Nugent]

Gregg Caines wrote:


> That seems like it would work, but I've never done it.  I think

> your biggest obstacle will be getting the applet to read and write

> files on the local machine.  You might know something that I

> don't, but last time I checked, applets weren't capable of this

> kind of file i/o...


Applets are, provided you package them up and sign them digitally.  The

main stumbling block with doing this is that both Netscape and IE use

different methods, so you'll need two versions of your applet.  In

addition, they both require different types of digital certificates.

Netscape uses an object signing ID, and Microsoft needs an Authenticode

ID.  Both are available from companies like Verisign and run $400 US per

year.   Both versions of your applet would also need to implement

different approaches in order to request the permissions from the user

-Netscape requires it's own Capabilities API, while IE uses the

SecurityManager classes and it's own tool for creating .cab files

(instead of the .jar files Netscape uses).


Jason

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Jason Nugent, BSc(hon)

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