Help with Applets

• If you are using Internet Explorer 7+ you must allow blocked content permission for Active X to run. This also gives permission to Java to run.
• You need a very recent browser because this website depends on CSS 2 which is not even fully supported by the latest browsers.

  Get New Browser

• Each program is labelled with the version of Java it requires. However, I use only the latest Java myself, JDK 1.6.0_06. This is the only version I test with. It is the version with the best chance of working. The CurrCon currency displays requires Java 1.1+. The JDisplay program listings requires Java 1.2+. Just install the latest Java and be done with it! You can keep the old version too if you like, just make sure your browser is configured to us the latest one when you browse this website. You can find what version Java you are using with the Wassup Applet. Why so much Java? This website is primarily about Java. I wanted to show off what you can do with it.

  Get New Java

• After you have installed the latest Java, you should test it to make sure it is working.

  Test Java

• For help getting the console visible so you can see error messages:

  Engage Console

• For help with individual browsers see:
  Firefox
  IE
  Mozilla
  Netscape
  Opera

Help with Signed Applets and Java Web Start Apps

• When you use a signed Applet or signed Java Web Start application, sometimes Windows hides the dialog box where you give permission for the program to run. Hit alt-Esc repeatedly to see if the grant/accept dialog box is buried under something else.
• Signed Applets need your permission to break out of the sandbox and behave like ordinary programs to do things like read and write disk or talk to arbitrary servers on the web, or set your clock. They will behave very strangely if you refuse that permission. Different browsers ask permission various strange ways, but usually you have to click a button marked :

  accept or grant.

Installing the Canadian Mindprod Certificate

install certificate

If that does not work, you can download the certificate and install it manually per the instructions under keytool.

Help With Java Web Start

• Java Web Start won’t work until you set up an association between the *.jnlp files (MIME application/x-java-jnlp-file) and javaws.exe both in Windows and your browser. Both Sun and the browser makers have refused to do this automatically. Growl!
• For help getting the Java Web Start (JAWS) working:

  Repair Java Web Start

Brute Force JAWS