jbox- java applet notinited

[Richard Greenwood]

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 12:49:21 -0600, Dan Liu <Dan.Liu at state.mn.us> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> In my demo.html file with JBox in it, I get 'applet jbox notinited error'
> once a while. The map is grey with a red 'x' at the top left of the map.
> Other than this, everything works fine.
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> Does anybody know why?
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> Thanks.
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> Dan


I can not say for certain, but be sure not to call any jBox functions
while it is initializing. jBox initializes when the <APPLET ...> tag
gets read by the browser. I think that some browser/VM combinations
will continue to process the HTML page while the applet is still
loading. If the page then calls the applet, you will get the error you
describe.

For example, if you have a function that calls jBox.boxon()
immediately after the applet tag, you may get the error. So instead
use the parameter/value pair:
    <param name='box' value='on'>
within the applet tag, thus eliminating the possible conflict.

Regards,
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Richard Greenwood
richard.greenwood at gmail.com
www.greenwoodmap.com