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I really hate to bother anyone with such a problem as this, but I'm left with no other option at this point. I'm quite sure that I'm missing something that's right in front of me, but the fact is that I probably just don't know enough about scripting (much less applets) to see it. I've come across this ingenious menu applet that I simply must have on my new site. However I can't seem to get it to do anything once it's on my server, and the site that I got it from didn't give much in the way of instruction as far as how to manipulate it. What exactly (within the applet tag) do I need to modify to make it work correctly? Does the applet tag contain a seperate file that I need to upload to my server (I'm suspicious of the bmenu.jar line). Here is the link to the original page . . .
Menu (http://applet3d.free.fr/java/balls/index.htm)
Thank you in advance for any assistance you might be able to give . . .
~Maxx
gil davis
01-08-2003, 08:40 AM
I was able to make it work offline by downloading the following files:
http://applet3d.free.fr/java/balls/index.htm
http://applet3d.free.fr/java/balls/bmenu.class
http://applet3d.free.fr/java/balls/bmenu.jar
http://applet3d.free.fr/java/balls/ballm.jpg
http://applet3d.free.fr/java/balls/sprite2.gif
You can experiment to see if all are required or not.
From what I can tell the only file I should need is "bmenu.jar" within which (according to the site from which the applet came) "bmenu.class" is included. The other files are simply graphics which I intend to change anyway. However the file (bmenu.jar) will not open in my windows program (I have XP), nor will it open in AOL or Explorer (aparently the file is "not recognized"). Is there a way that I can upload the file directly to my server without having to download it to my computer, or can the file be converted somehow to a form that windows will recognize? Again - thank you very much for any advice you might have . . .
~Maxx
gil davis
01-09-2003, 05:43 AM
You must have a Java problem then. I had no problem using Netscape. Do you have MSJAVA installed (correctly)?
thejoker101
01-09-2003, 12:21 PM
A jar file is basically a "java zip-file"
From what I gathered from your post Maxx is that you're trying to extract the files from the .jar file? If so, that isn't hard. open up a MSDOS prompt and type this in: jar xvf Your\Path\To\JarFile.jar
that will give you all the files in the jar file, they will be located in the same directory as the jar.