Is it possible that the applet needs a command line path instead of a virtual one, sort of like ADO with OLEDB? It's possible that it can get it on your system with Win95's extrenuous security measures, but that it cannot on NT's?

Just a thought.

Another idea is to contact the manufacturer and find out what it needs as a path.

Hugo

>OK my latest "should be easy enough" exercise in my FP98 exam study effort that's making me pull my hair out....
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>I tried to use what seemed to be a well documented & very straightforward java applet for displaying a rolling slideshow of thumbnail pictures. It's freeware, but the outift it came from (http://www.codebrain.com) seemed very professional & selective with the applets they have published. It also had a high rating on some java applet download index I came across.
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>Problem is, it is such a cool thing that the vendor has it setup to use a "key" file. The key file is currently free. FP98 seems to have some sort of internal pathing problem though, it can find the *.class file just fine when I add the codebase="abosolute path" clause to the applet tag in my html, but it refuses to find the key. I'm ready to ditch it & find another applet to practice with, but before I do I thought I'd throw out this scenario & see if anybody had any ideas.
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>For reference, my practice exercise url is http://209.35.70.149/java_stuff.htm
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>Here's all the ways I tried to make this sucker work (and for the record, it came with 3 demos that worked both local and when published local to my Win95 PWS test web & published physically on RoxWorld space separate from my real web)
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>I coded it directly in my HTML, exactly as shown. (both as an Insert HTML component and as a Java Applet component as far as the FP98 UI is concerned. I put all the files in the same location as the html file, and it didnt work (local unpublished preview, local published, and real website published)
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>Same as above, but with the codebase clause added and a relative URL like FP98 examples show. NADA!!!
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>Same as the first attempt with absolute URL. It finds the class but not the key. The applet runs (both unpublished & published) but behind a black box with stupid message about missing notice & key. (notice is first param just like instructed)
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>Different approach - I moved the applet & all associated files to a separate folder & html file to do the include file approach. This works great unpublished! Published... it still can't kind the key file. Did it with both with relative & absolute urls, only the absolute url seems to work locally (unpublished).
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>Frustration sets in - I tried all of the above approaches again, several times. Plus put copies of my *.class and *.key files in multiple places. Also tried all of the above setting it up to find the java class and key in the default _fpclass folder (like the FP components do it) and still NADA when published.
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>The only thing that semi-works is the include file approach, with absolute urls and the separte html file, *.class, & *.key file in it's own separate folder. But only unpublished, once published it can't find the key. Even if I bring up the include file separately from the host html file.
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>The only thing that seems to be different coding wise from my attempts and the vendor's website example (http://www.codebrain.com/java/codebrainslider/index.html) is that in their the html header they have the following tag that I never seen with a SRC clause before:
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>< script LANGUAGE="JavaScript" SRC="../../scripts/general_ops.js" >
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>I also tried this ../ and ../../ aproach with my relative urls in codebase clause and still NADA. Major disappointment here... not too sure I'm keen on java applets thanks to this =D(
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>Any thoughts other than ditch this applet & find another slide show thingy that doesn't need a key file to play with? TIA!