joerg 'lacki' lackner - java, jini, applets - jlacki@yahoo.com

Questions and answers

My applet won't start. In the status line of the browser is the text '..invalid URL..' displayed.

The file that includes the text isn't found. Check out if the file exists or if the name is typed incorrectly.

Netscapes browsers don't show the applet. There is a security exception displayed.

Java has a restrictive security mechanism. External files could only be loaded by the applet if you specify a source in the applet tag. Please specify a directory and put NewsLine.jar and the text file in it.

The colours are displayed incorrectly.

Yeap. That's funny. Please insert only values between 0 and 255 (both included).

The applet doesn't start and the text '..wrong colour parameter..' is displayed in the status line.

There is a missing colour parameter in your document. Please check this against the sample file in NewsLine.txt.