Embedding Java Applet into .html file

Solution 1:

Making applets work across a wide range of browsers is surprisingly hard. The tags weren't properly standardized in the early days, so Internet Explorer and Mozilla went separate directions.

Sun developed a generic JavaScript to handle all the specific browser quirks, so that you don't have to worry about browser compatibility.

Add this to your <head> section:

<script src="//www.java.com/js/deployJava.js"></script>

And this to <body> section:

<script>
    var attributes = {codebase: 'http://my.url/my/path/to/codebase',
                      code: 'my.main.Applet.class',
                      archive: 'my-archive.jar',
                      width: '800', 
                      height: '600'};
    var parameters = {java_arguments: '-Xmx256m'}; // customize per your needs
    var version = '1.5'; // JDK version
    deployJava.runApplet(attributes, parameters, version);
</script>

See Java™ Rich Internet Applications Deployment Advice for a detailed explanation of the script and all the possible options.

Solution 2:

I agree that deployJava.js is preferred approach nowadays.

Then follow several old multi-browser tricks for historical completeness.

https://www.ailis.de/~k/archives/63-How-to-use-Java-applets-in-modern-browsers.html:

<object id="testapplet-object" 
        classid="clsid:8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93"
        width="256" height="256"
        codebase="http://java.sun.com/update/1.6.0/jinstall-6u30-windows-i586.cab#Version=1,6,0,0">
  <param name="archive" value="mytest.jar" />
  <param name="code" value="my.package.MyClass" />
  <param name="myParam" value="My Param Value" />
  <embed id="testapplet-embed"
         type="application/x-java-applet;version=1.6"
         width="256" height="256" 
         archive="mytest.jar"
         code="my.package.MyClass" 
         pluginspage="http://java.com/download/"
         myParam="My Param Value" />
  </embed>
</object>

http://joliclic.free.fr/html/object-tag/en/object-java.html (has several variations):

<object classid="clsid:8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93" 
        width="150" height="80">
  <param name="codebase" value="data" >
  <param name="code" value="JitterText">
  <param name="BGCOLOR" value="000000">
  <param name="TEXTCOLOR" value="FF0000">
  <param name="TEXT" value="OJITesting!">
  <param name="SPEED" value="250">
  <param name="RANDOMCOLOR" value="1">

  <!--[if gte IE 7]> <!-->
  <object classid="java:JitterText.class"
          codebase="data"
          type="application/x-java-applet"
          width="150" height="80">
    <param name="code" value="JitterText">
    <!-- Safari browser needs the following param -->
    <param name="JAVA_CODEBASE" value="data">
    <param name="BGCOLOR" value="000000">
    <param name="TEXTCOLOR" value="FF0000">
    <param name="TEXT" value="OJITesting!">
    <param name="SPEED" value="250">
    <param name="RANDOMCOLOR" value="1">
    alt : <a href="data/JitterText.class">JitterText.class</a>
  </object>
  <!--<![endif]-->
  <!--[if lt IE 7]>
    alt : <a href="data/JitterText.class">JitterText.class</a>
  <![endif]-->

</object>

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