Ingo,

The problem is most likely that you've not specified that IE5 should use the
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for JDK 1.2, and it's trying to use the MS
JVM.  Have you enabled the Java console from IE5 - Tools | Internet Options
| Advanced and tick the box? That should give you more error info.

There's some docs on this at
http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/1.3/plugin.faq.html and
http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/1.3/docs/index.docs.html

Other possibilities are a security problem, but that shouldn't really be the
case if you're calling the same web server as for the servlet as hosts the
applet.

Hope that helps

Timothy

timothy briggs
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> > Hello,
> >
> > I hope you are not angry about this 'direct' request, but I tried to
> > get answers from http://forum.java.sun.com/list/discuss.sun.awt
> > but it seems nobody knows about servlet-applet communication.
> >
> > Here what I did:
> > I coded an servlet with database access in the way you does in
> > the "JavaServerProgramming" book except the doGet() method.
> > Instead I used do Post(). I tested it and it works fine!
> >
> > Well, I implemented an applet with some TextFields, Choice
> > fields and Buttons. I tested the 'GUI-Applet' in InternetExplorer 5
> > and Appletviewer and I could navigate with the buttons and the
> > init data was shown.
> >
> > Next step was coding the communication between applet and
> > servlet. Within the applet I used an URLConnection the same
> > way you does.
> >
> > The servlet and applet is used to run within our company Intranet.
> >
> > Here the problem:
> > I tried the communication with Internet Explorer 5 and nothing
> > happened. I tried with appletviewer and it worked fine!!!
> >
> > I use JDK 1.2.2, Windows NT 4, JSDK 2.1
> >
> > Do you know what I have to do to solve this problem? Do I have
> > to sign the applet? When yes, how?
> >
> >
> > Thanks a lot,
> > Ingo Weissmann
> 
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