From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Browser Crash Info

All,

After playing around integrating in JavaScript a RealPlayer plug-in and a Java
applet I wrote, I think I've solved one of my persistent crashes while 
reloading
the page or closing the browser window. At one time I was consistently able to
crash the poor browser (both Netscape and IE). I was caching in JavaScript a
reference to the RealPlayer plug-in. It appears that if the reference is 
invalid
and I call a RealPlayer routine using the reference, fireworks ensue. After
changing my JavaScript to always fetch a reference from document.embeds[],
checking for a null value, and limiting the amount of work I do with the 
fetched
value, my crashes have disappeared. There may still be a small window of
vulnerability, but so far I have not hit it.

Now, my applet can post position changes and JavaScript communicates the change
to RealPlayer; and JavaScript periodically communicates position changes by the
RealPlayer to my applet. Bonus, it works for both Netscape and IE, without any
hackery. All is well with the world.

Brad



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