Re: this.showStatus not working...

FB wrote:

( Applet.showStatus() )
does not work when used with IE7 and Sun´s JRE

OK. I have to concede that my initial answer to this
question was largely driven by my own irritation at Sun
ever including the word 'suggest' in the JavaDocs.
Perhaps they meant 'if a status bar is available' and
if so, I wish the JavaDocs had said that specifically.

If 'suggest' really means the latter, then yes, this is
apparently (I have no IE7 to confirm the behaviour) a bug.

OTOH - I guess Sun would have every right to mark
a bug report as 'Closed - not a bug' if they want to
stick to the 'suggests' line of reasoning.

I would still recommend that you
a) Search the bug database*.
b) If it is not mentioned, raise a report.
c) Give us some progress reports on that.

It may turn out this is a simple regression problem
that is easily fixed.

* <http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/index.jsp>

As a general comment on applets though. 'Expect
complications'. As you have experienced in this
case, something seemingly very simple that works
in one version of one browser on one OS running one
Java version, may not even work on the same OS
and browser if the browser/Java versions are different
(let alone an entirely different browser on a different
platform).

IE is the 'classic' when it comes to 'little tricks for
applets to overcome', but other browser brands have
their 'interesting little quirks' to account for, as well.

I would not recommend applet development to any
but very experienced Java developers.

Applets are a PITA. (Go webstart instead!)

--
Andrew Thompson
http://www.physci.org/

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