[mapserver-users] JSObject in applet

[Cameron Shorter]

I did some research on this some time back.

No you cannot drop a "patch" class into old browsers.
The problem is java cannot talk to javascript in these imcompatable
broswers.
A very messy hack you can do is get java applet to open up a new window,
which triggers a javascript call back to original window's javascript. 
We decided to just put a message "please upgrade your browser" instead.


Michael Hearne wrote:
> 
> I've just been testing a MapServer app, using Steve's mapimage applet,
> on some older browsers we have, and ran into this error on Internet
> Explorer 3.0:
> 
> java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: netscape.javascript.JSObject
> 
> I can guess _why_ it doesn't work [the "netscape" part might have
> something to do with it :)], but I'm curious if there is a workaround
> for older versions of IE, like including the JSObject as a jar file that
> the user downloads or something?  (That would probably be a really
> horrendous solution, particularly for users w/ modem, but it's all I
> could think of.)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mike Hearne
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