[Rekha]

Hi,
I want to send some value from java applet to java script written in HTML page. Is it possible to do this, if yes, how.

Rekha

[voicebox]

You will need some Java and some JavaScript. In your Java file, put this code:

String dataToSend = null;

public boolean dataReady() {
  return (dataToSend != null);
}

public String receiveData() {
  String dts = dataToSend;
  dataToSend = null;
  return dts;
}

private void sendData(String data) { // Call this somewhere in your applet
  dataToSend = data;
}

Give your applet a name with something like name="theapplet" somewhere in your applet tag. In your JavaScript code put something like this:

function check() {
  if (document.theapplet.dataReady())
    processData(document.theapplet.receiveData()); // you write this method.
  setTimeout("check()",1);
}

And add to your body tag onload="check()".

[Jay]

Java applets are quite cumbersome, and are quite slow. Unless the Java Aplett is very cool and can't be done in other languages, I strongly suggest that you upgrade to a Flash animation or even do it in plain HTML. The reason they load so slowly is either because of the size of Java Applets, or it's because of slow browser interpritation, or it's because of unefficient Java coding.