Downloading files with applets

[Praveen M V]

Hello,

Is it possible to connect to a web server from an applet and download a file
to the local system and then operate on the downloaded file ?

Regards,
Praveen

 

[Dave Miller]

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Yes, there are various ways you can achieve that.

You could alter the 'security policy' on specific
browsers to allow the applet access to the local
filesystem, or you could 'sign' the jar file and install
it via Java Webstart.

For signing see..
http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/1.2/docs/nsobjsigning.html

HTH

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A signed applet is (if accepted by the client) granted the same
privileges as a java app (no sandbox). It can be accessed the same as an
unsigned jar - webstart is not required.