Re: getApplets() method of AppletContext w/ Java 1.4.2_13 and IE 7.0 (or Opera 9.10 for that matter)

From:
"Andrew Thompson" <u32984@uwe>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:03:45 GMT
Message-ID:
<7c482a6a72db9@uwe>
Roedy Green wrote:
...

I use that method in the CurrCon Applet. Try going to
http://mindprod.com/applet/currconmanual.html

Try changing the country. The prices on the entire page should change
in unison. If they don't, you might have a problem with 1.4.2_13. If
they do, your problem is you are likely not using getApplets properly.


I'll make a wild, (semi) educated guess that you are wrong in
the assumption that the OP has made any programming error.

As I mentioned in my reply. The behaviour of the 'getApplets'
method is entirely at the 'mercy' of the browser's decision as
to when to spawn a new VM - and that is ..
a) Not specified by Sun, and therefore..
b) Quite unpredictable.

OTOH - I would not be sad to see *evidence* that I was wrong.
Which pretty much kicks it back to the OP.

Does Roedy's applet fail in the same way?
(If so - my conjecture might be correct, if not,
I just wasted some (more) bandwidth.)

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