AppletViewer

You can use the AppletViewer to test applets in a runtime environment. The AppletViewer takes HTML files that refer to the applet and displays them. The only option for AppletViewer is -debug. This starts the AppletViewer in the jdb.

To invoke the AppletViewer, change to the directory of the HTML file in which the applet is embedded and type the following command:

    appletviewer filename.html

The AppletViewer program has a few menu options that you can use while it is running. Its menu also allows you to set network and security properties for appletviewer. Below Table lists the AppletViewer menu options and their descriptions.

Option	Function
Restart	Runs the loaded applet again.
Reload	Reloads the applet from disk. Useful if the class has changed since it was loaded.
Clone	Creates a new window based upon command-line arguments for the first.
Tag	Shows the applet tag used in the HTML document to start the applet.
Info	Provides any information about the applet that is available.
Properties	Allows the different configurations to be set for AppletViewer.

AppletViewer's properties are outlined in Below Table They provide the network and security options of AppletViewer.

Option	Property
Http proxy server	required
Http proxy port	required
Firewall proxy server	required
Firewall proxy port	required
Network access	Several levels-no access, only access to applet's host, unrestricted access
Class access	restricted or unrestricted