Re: application to applet?

• To: Bo Huang <bohuang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: application to applet?
• From: "From: Bill Hibbard <hibbard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>" <billh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 18:19:15 -0500 (CDT)

Hi Bo,

> Is it possible to run a VISAD application in an applet
> like Java 3D examples (e.g. HelloUniverse) that can work
> as both applications and applets. If so, any tips?

Yes, if you can run Java 2 and Java3D in your browser, you
can run VisAD.

However, this is a big if, so we have recently add a new
package visad.browser, whose classes compile under JDK 1.1
and hence can run in applets in ordinary browsers (no need
for special Java plug-ins).  These classes connect to VisAD
on server via sockets.

Now netscape 6.0 runs Java 2 (JDK 1.3) which will make the
browser situation a little better.

Cheers,
Bill
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hibbard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  608-263-4427  fax: 608-263-6738
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/vis.html

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