Applet runs fine Pre IE 7 Now errors

Hello all,

I'm not a very experience Java programmer. I have much more experience
with C++, but am now trying to figure out some Java problems.

We have an applet that has been working fine for years. Now we have
tried it on IE 7 and get the following errors in the Java Console:

Logging set to : true ... completed.
Trace level set to 5: all ... completed.
basic: Registered modality listener
liveconnect: Invoking JS method: document
liveconnect: Invoking JS method: URL
basic: Referencing classloader: sun.plugin.ClassLoaderInfo@199f91c,
refcount=1
basic: Added progress listener: sun.plugin.util.GrayBoxPainter@13c1b02
basic: Loading applet ...
basic: Initializing applet ...
basic: Starting applet ...
java.lang.NullPointerException
at sun.plugin.util.GrayBoxPainter.showLoadingError(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.showAppletStatus(Unknown Source)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.createApplet(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.createApplet(Unknown Source)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(Unknown Source)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
basic: Exception: java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
at sun.plugin.util.GrayBoxPainter.showLoadingError(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.showAppletStatus(Unknown Source)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.createApplet(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.createApplet(Unknown Source)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(Unknown Source)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
basic: Modality pushed
basic: Modality popped
basic: Modality pushed
basic: Modality popped

We end up with an icon of a page of paper with a red x on it.

I'm stumped. My inexperience here is hanging out like a sore thumb.
Sorry about that. I know what a NULL pointer is (I've had experience
with those puppies). I just don't know where to start with this.
Going by the error messages above, it appears that the problem is in
actual Sun Java code? What's changed in the way IE handles Sun Java
that suddenly breaks this applet?

Any suggestions will be very much appreciated.

Thanks,

Baillie

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