Does Internet Explorer Support Java2?

[Andreex]

I am asking this... b/c when I do this applet....

public class newpalindrome extends java.applet.Applet
{

public void paint (Graphics screen)
{
Graphics2D screen2D=(Graphics2D)screen;
Line2D.Float ln=new Line2D.Float(60f,5f,13f,28f);
screen2D.draw(ln);


}

}


and I open it in the explorer.... nothing draws or fill!!

[crptcblade]

This may be a silly question, but you do have an init, start and stop method in there, too right? Because it won't work w/o those.

[Andreex]

Are you sure? Because this applet work in the JDK Appletviewer.... and also... I have created Applets with just the Paint method.

So... what do you think?

[Mrs Kensington]

the default JRE that comes with IE does not have the Graphics2D Object... I assume they are still on JDK 1.1 you would have to get them to download the latest version of suns site

[Cudabean]

In answer to your original question: no, IE does not support Java 2 out of the box. So if you want to write applets for stock IE you'll need to use JDK 1.1.4 or perhaps JDK 1.1.8. However, Sun does have a plugin that when installed will make IE Java 2 aware.

There are pros and cons to this: Pro--Java 2 has swing, etc. Con--most people do not have the plugin, though they can freely install it.

If you decide to get the plugin, you can get it here:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/jre/

cudabean

[Andreex]

oh OK... I will download it! THANKS

[goudabuddha]

there is no reason internet explorer shouldnt support it