Class files

*MTDesigns* · 01-08-2000, 03:26 AM

Hi!

I'm adding more games to my site, but these 2 particular games (I downloaded the source code) contain .class & .java files. I'm not really sure on how/where to put those files. Do I just upload them as they are? What program do I use to read them? And how do I link to them?

TIA

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Tog · 01-08-2000, 03:49 AM

The .java files are the source files. You don't need them to use the games on your website. The .class files is what results when the .java files have been processed (compiled).

To allow your applets to run from your webpage, all you need to do is identify which one of your .class files is the main applet one (assuming there's more than one .class file in an applet). Having the name of the main applet class, you add an APPLET tag to your html page, specifying the name of the main applet class you identified above. Example (required html angle brackets omitted)

APPLET code="MainApplet.class" width=100 height=100

Oh yes, remember to upload the .class files to the same location where your HTML file containing the above APPLET tag is stored.

Tony

*MTDesigns* · 01-08-2000, 03:54 AM

Thanx Tony! Now let's see if I can get them to work

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*MTDesigns* · 01-08-2000, 05:22 AM

Well I got the first one to work

....now that I've got the idea, I'm sure I'll be able to do the others.

Thanx again

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Tog · 01-08-2000, 07:25 PM

Glad I could help!

Tony

*MTDesigns* · 01-10-2000, 01:42 PM

Hey! I've got this one game that has a few class files, and a few images and sound files. I know that all these files need to be in the same directory, but it doesn't seem to want to load. I have the images in my images directory, and the sound & class files in the same directory as the html page. Any ideas as to why it wouldn't work? TIA!
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Tog · 01-10-2000, 02:05 PM

What kind of error messages are you getting? On most browsers, there's a "View java console message/java message" option where applet's can print error messages to when they are unable to be loaded. If you could post these error messages, I may be able to identify what's wrong.

There's two possible cases why the applet doesn't work: one, the browser cannot find the applet's main class; two, the applet can load but is unable to find a resource it needs such as a image or sound file. If you applet has a JAR compressed version, use that one instead of the bare .class + resources because it's easier to setup applets using JARs which are basically ZIP files containing applet's code and resources organized so that you don't have to worry what directory you store the images & sound files.

Tony

*MTDesigns* · 01-10-2000, 02:41 PM

This is the error code I'm receiving:

load: main class not found

I don't know why it isn't able to find it...it's located in the same directory as the other class files. At this point I have no idea. I've written to the author, but I'm not sure whether he'll be able to offer any help :-).
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*MTDesigns* · 01-10-2000, 03:05 PM

After viewing the java code error, I have a feeling that the javascript site (that I found this game on), messed up a bit. I seems that there is other information included in that java console that refers to other applets on their site. Here's the error:

Warning: Thread.suspend() was called; Navigator deadlock might result

I'm going to see if I can find this game on another javascript site

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*MTDesigns* · 01-10-2000, 04:01 PM

ok.....I got the applet to run, but the images and sounds are not working. The codebase=classes ...I uploaded all the class files into this directory, but where would I put the images and sound files? *heavy sigh*...I'm gonna get this!!!