Missing Menu of Java Applet in Browser Menu
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Got my applet starting-up in Firefox 1.0 thanks to the Java Embedding Plugin (wasn't working without as it uses Java 1.4 and LiveConnect to the Java Plug-in).
Now I got one last thing not working: the applet adds additional menu items in the browser menu (into the top menu). That is not working with Firefox 1.0. I don't know if its an issue of Firefox or the Java Embedding Plugin. The menu items are added when using Safari (but is unusable as LiveConnect is not working there..).
Any idea?
Using OSX 10.3.8, Java VM 1.4.2_05, Embedding Plugin 0.9.0.
Keep the byte.
Cdric
Did you try your applet in Camino? (Camino is a Cocoa browser, while
Mozilla and Firefox use the Carbon API to display themselves. The
Java Embedding Plugin works quite differently on Cocoa and Carbon
browsers.)
> The menu items are added when using Safari (but is unusable as
> LiveConnect is not working there..).
Actually, LiveConnect _is_ supposed to work in recent versions of
Safari (those available since Java 1.4.2 Update 1 came out).
First tests are working with Camino 0.8.2 - the menu items are visible - many thx for the hint.
>> ... LiveConnect _is_ supposed to work in recent versions of Safari..
Yes - but not Liveconnect between the Java Plug-in and the Applet (at least I'm not able to access applet methods/properties in JavaScript - the same script is working with Firefox/Camino using your Java Embedding Plugin).
> First tests are working with Camino 0.8.2 - the menu items are
> visible - many thx for the hint.
Glad to hear it. But this probably means that your applet not working
on Firefox (or Mozilla, presumably) is due to yet another bug in
Apple's Cocoa/Carbon interface. These problems tend to be hard to
fix, and for the next month or two I'm not going to be able to spend a
whole lot of time on the Java Embedding Plugin.
By the way, could you post the source for a simple test case applet
that demonstrates the problem (the problem with Firefox and Mozilla)?
That would make it easier for me, when I get around to trying to fix
this problem.
> Yes - but not Liveconnect between the Java Plug-in and the Applet
> (at least I'm not able to access applet methods/properties in
> JavaScript - the same script is working with Firefox/Camino using
> your Java Embedding Plugin).
Interesting. But here's a very simple test of JavaScript-to-Java
LiveConnect that works in Safari (at least when I just tried it):
http://www.simonstl.com/dynhtml/update/code/chap6/lc2.html
I'm using Mac OS X 10.3.8 and Java 1.4.2 Update 2 plus Apple's recent
"WebStart and Java Plugin Update 1.4.2" (currently only available as
an "FC Seed" from Apple's Developer Connection). If your applet's a
signed applet, you might also need this latest update. (By the way,
this update breaks JEP 0.8.9 and earlier. But 0.9.0 was released
specifically to deal with it.)
FYI: JavaScript-to-Java with Safari is working now (after the update to "WebStart and Java Plugin Update 1.4.2" - my applet is signed (that was the reason why is wasn't working).