Putting applets into a HTML, but how? - html

I wrote an applet which is called "IdrawApplet.java" and a HTML which is supposed to contain this applet. But somehow when I run the HTML it says that it can't find my java-Class.
This is a "Dynamic-Web-Project". It has a "WebContent"-Folder which contains both, the HTML and the java-Class.
As you will see I tried to insert the applet in two different ways. By putting it in a "applet"-Tag and a "object"-Tag (as suggested) on SELFHTML.org:
<!-- <applet code= "IdrawApplet.class"
codebase= "../applets"
width= 320 height= 180></applet> -->
<object classid="java:IdrawApplet.class"
codebase="../applets"
width="800" height="600"></object>
Thanks in advance...

The proper way (which is also the HTML5 way) to embed a Java applet is:
<object type="application/x-java-applet" width="320" height="180">
<param name="code" value="MyJavaClass">
fallback content
</object>
However, IE doesn't support the standard way so you need to use IE conditional comments (in an HTML5-compatible way) like this:
<!--[if !IE]>-->
<object type="application/x-java-applet" width="320" height="180">
<param name="code" value="MyJavaClass">
fallback content
</object>
<!--<![endif]-->
<!--[if IE]>
<object classid="clsid:8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93" width="320" height="180">
<param name="code" value="MyJavaClass">
fallback content
</object>
<![endif]-->
Note that for the value of the code param, it doesn't require the .class extension. Just the class name is preferable.
For IE, you can also specify a codebase attribute if you want to provide a location to a cab file where IE can fetch Java if you don't have it. However, if you want to specify the path to the directory the .class file is in, you do that (for any browser) with the codebase param.
As for enabling scripting with "mayscript", you shouldn't need to do that these days. But, if you need to for some reason, you do it with a mayscript param (not attribute) and set its value to true.
Note that the fallback content will only show when a handler for application/x-java-applet isn't present or is disabled. It won't show for a missing .class file as the Java plug-in still loads.

for that..first check your environment variables, then see the class file names, if you do not write .class extention than it may be works...and its batter to include applet file..like
in header part of the html code

Related

Generate HTML based on browser

I am using object to play audio file in my html page. I need to use tow objects, one for IE and one for other browsers
The current code is shown below
<object id='audioPlayer' classid='CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6' type='application/x-oleobject'
height="42" width="250">
// giving parameters here
<%-- !IE--%>
<object type="video/x-ms-wmv" data="<%: Model.recordSourcePath %>" width="251" id="audioPlayerMozilla"
height="42">
// giving parameters here
</object>
</object>
Its works fine.But the problem is i need to give diiferent id's for both objects(ie,audioplayer and audioPlayerMozilla). If i give same id for both java script is not works in mozilla. I must want to get access to this object using same id . Can i generate htmls based on browser
a sample i wanted is shown below
if (IE)
{
<object id='audioPlayer' classid='CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6' type='application/x-oleobject'
height="42" width="250">
// giving parameters he
</object>
}
else if(!IE)
{
<object type="video/x-ms-wmv" data="<%: Model.recordSourcePath %>" width="251" id="audioPlayer"
height="42">
// giving parameters here
</object>
}
Here, note that the id i used is same. So i can handle them genereally. Is there any way to do anything like this?
What you're looking for is known as "IE Conditional Comments". Rather than explain the entire thing, I'll link to an article which does that for me.
http://www.quirksmode.org/css/condcom.html (better)
http://www.positioniseverything.net/articles/cc-plus.html
Example:
<!--[if IE]
<p>This is IE!</p>
![endif]-->
<!--[if !IE]>-->
<p>This isn't IE!</p>
<!--<![endif]-->
Specific Example:
<!--[if IE]
<object id='audioPlayer' classid='CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6' type='application/x-oleobject' height="42" width="250"></object>
![endif]-->
<!--[if !IE]>-->
<object type="video/x-ms-wmv" data="<%: Model.recordSourcePath %>" width="251" id="audioPlayer" height="42"></object>
<!--<![endif]-->
This method is only good for distinguishing between different versions of IE, and as a generality, browsers that are not IE. For example, you can have one version for IE6, another for IE7, IE8 and IE9, and another for all other browsers. You couldn't though, using this method, have one specific output for firefox.
You could just avoid the hack (conditional code) altogether and use a player such as this: http://www.jplayer.org/
It's going to give you a more feature rich player with guaranteed compatibility.

Separate Objects for IE and FF

I'm trying to embed my java applet using the object tag in html. While trying to research how to accomplish this task I came across this SO post.
when trying to put the code into action on my page it looks a little something like this...
<object name="Battleship"
width="750"
height="800"
classid="java:ApplicationApplet.class"
type="application/x-java-applet">
<object classid="clsid:8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93"
codebase="http://java.sun.com/update/1.5.0/jinstall-1_5_0-windows-i586.cab"
height="800"
width="750">
<param name="code" value="ApplicationApplet" />
Your browser is not Java enabled.
</object>
</object>
However, when I run this it crashes IE, but is fine in FF. I'm curious if there's something I'm missing to distinguish that IE should run the inner object and FF and others the outer object?
Thanks guys!
Yes the conditional comments
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional_comment
<!--[if !IE]> Firefox and others will use outer object -->
<object name="Battleship"
width="750"
height="800"
classid="java:ApplicationApplet.class"
type="application/x-java-applet">
<!--<![endif]-->
<!-- MSIE (Microsoft Internet Explorer) will use inner object -->
<object classid="clsid:8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93"
codebase="http://java.sun.com/update/1.5.0/jinstall-1_5_0-windows-i586.cab"
height="800"
width="750">
<param name="code" value="ApplicationApplet" />
Your browser is not Java enabled.
</object>
<!--[if !IE]> close outer object -->
</object>
<!--<![endif]-->

Flash Embed doesn't work

Please save my skin.
http://clubentertainment.ie/c/art-perf/embed_example.html
The above link should load in Firefox, doesn't load in anything. Doesn't appear to throw any errors. It even validates.
It is using swfobject, all of the links appear to work.. it just isn't actually working. I would like to blame the flash object but as it is working in Firefox the error must be somewhere else.
Any ideas? Is there an alternative way to embed and still have it working?
Furthermore wmode transparency isn't allowing the html dropdown to appear on top of the flash..
Not sure what happens to the bounty - I discovered the problem. The error was definitely with the server. Moved website, changed nothing else. Works just fine. I would just like to thank every one for their help.
I think it is problem with cross domain policy. Try to use relative path url instead of absolute path. You have absolute path now.
When putting the direct link to your swf it works on ie.
http://clubentertainment.ie/c/art-perf/CU3ER.swf
It can be a cross-site problem.
here the code used in CU3ER for demo http://getcu3er.com/features/
<script type="text/javascript">
var vars = { xml_location : '/inc/cu3er/config_features_overview.xml?v=2'};
var params = { wmode:'transparent' };
var attributes = { id:'CU3ER', name:'CU3ER' }; // give an id to the flash object
swfobject.embedSWF("/CU3ER.swf", "cu3er-container", "300", "390", "9.0.45", "/js/expressInstall.swf", vars, params, attributes );
</script>
EDIT:
by just putting your code in the body not the header I got the swf working in ie
<body >
<script type="text/javascript">
// add your FlashVars
var vars = { xml_location : 'http://clubentertainment.ie/c/art-perf/CU3ER-config.xml' };
// add Flash embedding parameters, etc. wmode, bgcolor...
var params = { bgcolor : '#ffffff' };
// Flash object attributes id and name
var attributes = { id:'CU3ER', name:'CU3ER' };
// dynamic embed of Flash, set the location of expressInstall if needed
swfobject.embedSWF('http://clubentertainment.ie/c/art-perf/CU3ER.swf', "CU3ER", 500, 250, "9.0.45", "http://clubentertainment.ie/c/art-perf/js/expressInstall.swf", vars, params, attributes );
// initialize CU3ER class containing Javascript controls and events for CU3ER
// var CU3ER = new CU3ER("CU3ER");
</script>
<!-- CU3ER content HTML part starts here -->
<div id="CU3ER">
<noscript>
<!-- modify this content to provide users without Flash or enabled Javascript with alternative content information -->
<p>Click to get Flash Player<br /><img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" /></p>
<p>or try to enable JavaScript and reload the page
</p>
</noscript>
</div>
<!-- CU3ER content HTML part ends here -->
</body>
I see it not working in Safari 5, but working in Firefox 4. Please try to embed using the SWFObject static publishing method so that you can rule out JavaScript as a potential issue:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<title>CU3ER</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="/c/art-perf/js/swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/c/art-perf/js/CU3ER.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
swfobject.registerObject("cu3er-container", "9.0.45", "/c/art-perf/js/expressInstall.swf");
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="300" height="390" id="cu3er-container" class="CU3ER">
<param name="movie" value="/c/art-perf/CU3ER.swf" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
<param name="flashvars" value="xml_location=/inc/cu3er/config_features_overview.xml?v=2" />
<!--[if !IE]>-->
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="/c/art-perf/CU3ER.swf" width="300" height="390" class="CU3ER">
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
<param name="flashvars" value="xml_location=/inc/cu3er/config_features_overview.xml?v=2" />
<!--<![endif]-->
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer">
<img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" />
</a>
<!--[if !IE]>-->
</object>
<!--<![endif]-->
</object>
</div>
</body>
</html>
You may need to adjust your JavaScript to deal with either the 'cu3er-container' ID or the 'CU3ER' class. In this example, SWFObject is only called in if the version of Flash is insufficient so that it can provide the express installer for rapid upgrade, otherwise this does not require JavaScript.
You can always try to embed flash using valid techniques in XHTML. You can find more about this here: http://latrine.dgx.cz/how-to-correctly-insert-a-flash-into-xhtml
As for swfobject, it seems it has some browser dependant issues. I'll try to figure this out later. I'll keep you posted if I come to any conclusions.
EDIT
Try to use relative paths to your swf file. It worked for me.
The SWF is loading just fine for me in Chrome 5.0.375.125, but the slideshow isn't loading. I suspect this may have to do with differences among how different web browsers are handling Javascript errors.
I enabled script debugging for Internet Explorer (I highly recommend doing this) and opened your page, and I immediately got a Javascript error in what appears to be Flash ExternalInterface calls to Javascript functions defined in CU3ER.js. Sometimes browsers decide to stop running scripts altogether when encountering an error, and some just continue. Firefox is in the "just continue" camp. When clicking "ignore" for errors in IE, IE was able to load images but continued to cause Javascript errors.
The Javascript errors appear to be occurring because CU3ER can't find itself in the DOM. This is based on the fact that this Javascript function call is emitted:
__flash__addCallback(document.getElementById(""), "playCU3ER");
That emitted function is defined like this:
function __flash__addCallback(instance, name) {
instance[name] = function () {
return eval(instance.CallFunction("<invoke name=\""+name+"\" returntype=\"javascript\">" + __flash__argumentsToXML(arguments,0) + "</invoke>"));
}
}
The fact that document.getElementById was called with an empty string may mean that there's some missing flash variable that CU3ER requires. Check the documentation for the SWF and make sure you have what's required when embedding. Or it could be a relative vs. absolute URL issue as the others have mentioned.

Whats wrong with this video embed code?

Following embed code is from http://hd.se/landskrona/2010/04/09/kunglig-glans-pa-idrottsgalan/ but it doesn't work in Internet Explorer 8. Firefox no problems.
Any recommendations for improvements?
Thanks for your time!
<object width="480px" height="294px" id="_36313041" data="http://hd.se/static/media/html/flash/video-3/flowplayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
<param name="movie" value="http://hd.se/static/media/html/flash/video-3/flowplayer.swf" />
<param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" />
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" />
<param name="flashvars" value='config={"key":"$3fff7448b28a8cffc85","contextMenu":["hd.se videospelare 1.0"],"plugins":{"rtmp":{"url":"http://hd.se/static/media/html/flash/video-3/flowplayer.rtmp.swf"},"controls":{"height":24,"opacity":1,"all":false,"play":true,"time":true,"scrubber":true,"playlist":false,"mute":true,"volume":true,"fullscreen":true,"backgroundColor":"#222222","backgroundGradient":"none","buttonColor":"#7c7c7c","buttonOverColor":"#36558b","progressColor":"#7c7c7c","bufferColor":"#7c7c7c","timeColor":"#ffffff","durationColor":"#ffffff","timeBgColor":"#222222","scrubberHeightRatio":0.5,"scrubberBarHeightRatio":0.5,"volumeSliderHeightRatio":0.5,"volumeBarHeightRatio":0.5,"autoHide":"fullscreen","hideDelay":1800,"tooltips":{"buttons":true,"play":"Spela","pause":"Paus","next":"Nästa","previous":"Föregående","mute":"Ljud av","unmute":"Ljud på","fullscreen":"Fullskärmsläge","fullscreenExit":"Lämna fullskärmsläge"},"tooltipColor":"#153872","tooltipTextColor":"#ffffff"},"contentIntro":{"url":"http://hd.se/static/media/html/flash/video-3/flowplayer.content.swf","top":0,"width":736,"border":"none","backgroundColor":"#202020","backgroundGradient":"none","borderRadius":"none","opacity":"85pct","display":"none","closeButton":true}},"canvas":{"backgroundColor":"#000000","backgroundGradient":"none"},"play":{"replayLabel":"Spela igen"},"screen":{"bottom":24},"clip":{"scaling":"fit","autoPlay":true},"playlist":[{"provider":"rtmp","netConnectionUrl":"rtmp://fl0.c06062.cdn.qbrick.com/06062","url":"ncode/hdstart","autoPlay":false,"scaling":"fit"},{"url":"http://hd.se/multimedia/archive/00425/_kunligglans_HD_VP6_425359a.flv","scaling":"fit","autoPlay":true},{"provider":"rtmp","netConnectionUrl":"rtmp://fl0.c06062.cdn.qbrick.com/06062","url":"ncode/hdstopp","autoPlay":true,"scaling":"fit"}]}' />
</object>
UPDATE 2010-05-14:
If I'm not mistaken HD.se uses Flowplayer and all those flasvars are for that. Perhaps someone here is good with Flowplayer? I've never used it myself.
You cannot have 'px' in the width and height attributes, only a number. Also IDs cannot start with an underscore, they can only start with a letter.
So your code should start <object width="480" height="294" id="f_36313041". However, if the ID is used for anything you may have to change external code somewhere.
Have you double-checked the value of "flashvars" too? It's an incredibly long and complex string so there could easily be an error there somewhere.
You should not create object/embed tags directly to embed Flash. Always use an external JS file to generate the required tags. SWFObject is the most widely used one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWFObject
Info on why you want to use an external JS file:
http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/12/15/internet-explorer-eolas-changes-and-the-flash-plugin/

How might I update this code

<object height="25" width="75" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000">
<param value="http://click-here-to-listen.com/players/iaPlay13.swf?x=1058286910FTRZGK" name="movie"/>
<param value="high" name="quality"/>
<param value="#FFFFFF" name="bgcolor"/>
<param value="opaque" name="wmode"/>
<embed height="25" width="75" wmode="opaque" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" quality="high" src="http://click-here-to-listen.com/players/iaPlay13.swf?x=1058286910FTRZGK"/>
</object>
I am having to insert this legacy markup into a new site that I'm building. Problem is its using an <embed> tag.
Would I just do away with the <embed> and put some content in as an alternative, for those that do not have flash? Basically I'm just trying to bring this piece of html into the 21st century.
You can nest object elements to display alternatives. The W3C explains it here. I copied a snippet below:
One significant consequence of the OBJECT element's design is that it offers a mechanism for specifying alternate object renderings; each embedded OBJECT declaration may specify alternate content types. If a user agent cannot render the outermost OBJECT, it tries to render the contents, which may be another OBJECT element, etc.
In the following example, we embed several OBJECT declarations to illustrate how alternate renderings work. A user agent will attempt to render the first OBJECT element it can, in the following order: (1) an Earth applet written in the Python language, (2) an MPEG animation of the Earth, (3) a GIF image of the Earth, (4) alternate text.
<P> <!-- First, try the Python applet -->
<OBJECT title="The Earth as seen from space"
classid="http://www.observer.mars/TheEarth.py">
<!-- Else, try the MPEG video -->
<OBJECT data="TheEarth.mpeg" type="application/mpeg">
<!-- Else, try the GIF image -->
<OBJECT data="TheEarth.gif" type="image/gif">
<!-- Else render the text -->
The <STRONG>Earth</STRONG> as seen from space.
</OBJECT>
</OBJECT>
</OBJECT>
I recommend that you use swfobject which is a cross platform, open source library to display flash on your pages.
http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/
There are a variety of ways to load the flash and the alternative (non-flash) content. For example the following code could replace your code:
<script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
swfobject.embedSWF("http://click-here-to-listen.com/players/iaPlay13.swf?x=1058286910FTRZGK",
"myContent", "25", "75", "9.0.0");
</script>
<div id="myContent">
<p>Alternative content</p>
</div>
Basically, you should keep embed, because it is a fallback for some old browsers. It might hurt validation of page, but as long as you know why it is there, it is OK.
At least that's the way Adobe officially recommends: Macromedia Flash OBJECT and EMBED tag syntax
You are right to want to do code for XXIth century, but we have to deal with browser from previous millennium... :-)
I use function AC_FL_RunContent for embedding flash objects - it's good because it supports all browsers and is recommended by Adobe.
More is here:
They also suggest using <object> tag instead of <embed>
I found this code on the web (from a usability site) which caters for IE and others, and I use it on my flash pages (I've changed it to your code):
<!--[if !IE]> -->
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://click-here-to-listen.com/players/iaPlay13.swf?x=1058286910FTRZGK" width="75" height="25">
<!-- <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE]>
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0" width="75" height="25">
<param name="movie" value="http://click-here-to-listen.com/players/iaPlay13.swf?x=1058286910FTRZGK" />
<!--><!--dgx-->
<param name="loop" value="false">
<param name="menu" value="false">
<param name="quality" value="high">
</object>
<!-- <![endif]-->