local app in a Frame

[Ike]

Is it possible...to invoke another application on a local machine, within
the frame of an Applet, so as to have that application, say, running, or
appear to run, as something contained within the applet?

Thanks for your thoughts on this - Ike

 

[Andrew Thompson]

Is it possible...to invoke another application on a local machine, within
the frame of an Applet, so as to have that application, say, running, or
appear to run, as something contained within the applet?

To access the local machine your applet needs to
be signed.

I have heard of folks dropping an applet directly
into a Frame, and I myself have used a button in an
Applet to _launch_ a Frame based application.

Your particular situation I am not certain about.

It is important to note though, that the Applet
needs to be signed if the application is to be
able to achieve anything outside the 'sandbox'
security in which Applets are contained.

Futher, if you mean, can you use this as some
form of primitive hack into the users machine?
Almost certainly not. Everything I described
is performed with much fanfare at the user end -
there is no way you could 'sneak it in unnoticed'.

HTH

 

[Harald Hein]

Is it possible...to invoke another application on a local machine,
within the frame of an Applet, so as to have that application,
say, running, or appear to run, as something contained within the
applet?

Not without a lot of luck and JNI.