Hey!
>>>>>> This procedure is NOT necessary
1) get the Server write out a temp HTML page on the server under a
prespecified name
2) get the applet display that page on the normal browser with
showDocument()
>>>>>>> But I may be wrong for I am not a "scientist" nor do I wear "hats"
<grin>
Be confident that applets will be around for a looooong time.
Sans adieu,
Danny Rubis
"K.V. Chandrinos" wrote:
> RVASUDEV wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Sorry for the partly off-topic question.
> >
> > > We have an applet which uses URL and URLConnection classes to
> > > POST an HTTP request to a web server/app server combo,
> > > and it can read the response, which is in HTML format, using
> > > getInputStream on the URConnection object.. How can
> > > this output be displayed as rendered HTML by the applet ?
>
> I have been searching for the solution to this problem for some time
> now... I am afraid what you want can only be done if you render the HTML
> yourself by writing a (full fledged) HTML parser. Think of it this way:
> If you could really do that simply, and for any (uncontrolled) HTML,
> what is the point in the thousand lines of code that constitutes a
> browser:-?
>
> > > Can it be done using Javascript ? Or Swing (If Swing is
> > > a possibility, does it work with the Java version below ?)
>
> Javascript and other tricks can be used in the following scenario (this
> is what I have resorted to for the time being, changing the logic of my
> program):
> 1) get the Server write out a temp HTML page on the server under a
> prespecified name
> 2) get the applet display that page on the normal browser with
> showDocument()
>
> There is some example code for that in a tip at www.javaworld.com
>
> > > Or are there any (free) Java components which have this
> > > functionality and can be included in the applet ?
>
> The HTML rendering bean inside HotJava is supposed to do just that but I
> have not tried to see if I can pull it out from the (bundled) free
> version you can download from Sun. Perhaps you could look into that.
>
> If I take off my developer's hat and put on my scientist hat (<grin>) I
> must say that if you need to substitute the browser with your applet
> there is some serious flaw in your design. It is true on the other side,
> that some elementary HTML rendering in an applet would make life
> tremendously easier, allowing compact and user-friendly interfaces.
>
> Whether Sun has given up completely on applets or not is something I do
> not dare bring on for discussion to this list (unless provoked:-) And I
> mean really useful applets.
>
> If you get any better answers, would you be kind enough to forward them
> to me?
>
> Thanx,
>
> Kostas
>
> > >
> > > Browser is Netscape 4.7.
> > > Java version supported by the browser is 1.1.5
> > >
> > > TIA
> > > Vasudev
>
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Sans adieu,
Danny Rubis
"K.V. Chandrinos" wrote:
> RVASUDEV wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Sorry for the partly off-topic question.
> >
> > > We have an applet which uses URL and URLConnection classes to
> > > POST an HTTP request to a web server/app server combo,
> > > and it can read the response, which is in HTML format, using
> > > getInputStream on the URConnection object.. How can
> > > this output be displayed as rendered HTML by the applet ?
>
> I have been searching for the solution to this problem for some time
> now... I am afraid what you want can only be done if you render the HTML
> yourself by writing a (full fledged) HTML parser. Think of it this way:
> If you could really do that simply, and for any (uncontrolled) HTML,
> what is the point in the thousand lines of code that constitutes a
> browser:-?
>
> > > Can it be done using Javascript ? Or Swing (If Swing is
> > > a possibility, does it work with the Java version below ?)
>
> Javascript and other tricks can be used in the following scenario (this
> is what I have resorted to for the time being, changing the logic of my
> program):
> 1) get the Server write out a temp HTML page on the server under a
> prespecified name
> 2) get the applet display that page on the normal browser with
> showDocument()
>
> There is some example code for that in a tip at www.javaworld.com
>
> > > Or are there any (free) Java components which have this
> > > functionality and can be included in the applet ?
>
> The HTML rendering bean inside HotJava is supposed to do just that but I
> have not tried to see if I can pull it out from the (bundled) free
> version you can download from Sun. Perhaps you could look into that.
>
> If I take off my developer's hat and put on my scientist hat (<grin>) I
> must say that if you need to substitute the browser with your applet
> there is some serious flaw in your design. It is true on the other side,
> that some elementary HTML rendering in an applet would make life
> tremendously easier, allowing compact and user-friendly interfaces.
>
> Whether Sun has given up completely on applets or not is something I do
> not dare bring on for discussion to this list (unless provoked:-) And I
> mean really useful applets.
>
> If you get any better answers, would you be kind enough to forward them
> to me?
>
> Thanx,
>
> Kostas
>
> > >
> > > Browser is Netscape 4.7.
> > > Java version supported by the browser is 1.1.5
> > >
> > > TIA
> > > Vasudev
>
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