Re: Applet and browser page

From: Andrew Thompson (andrew64_at_bigNOSPAMpond.com)
Date: 12/30/03 

Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 21:15:05 GMT

"Tor Iver Wilhelmsen" <tor.iver.wilhelmsen@broadpark.no> wrote in message
news:uhdzih3t9.fsf@broadpark.no...
> "Alex Ostrikov" <aostrik@hotmail.com> writes:
>
> > I have HTML page with radio buttons.
> > And there is an applet on this page.
> > How can applet find out, radio selection ?
>
> Use the classes in netscape.javascript.* to navigate the Javascript
> DOM.

That would certainly be a way to go if you
cannot put the buttons inside the Applet,

Unfortunately it then means you are relying
on a second technology which is (at least slightly)
unreliable, in the sense that the user (or the
network admin.) may have JS disabled.

Of course, JS probably runs in more
browsers, all things considered, than Java.
I am just pointing out that the group of
browsers with _both_ Java _and_ JS is
(at least slightly) smaller than those
with Java.

Still, it is another strategy to
attack the problem.

[ Perhaps I should check, Tor..
JS being disabled _would_ prevent the
programmer from making use of the
netscape API, wouldn't it? ] 

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