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Does anyone know how I can yoink a Java applet from a web page? I can see the "applet code=" tag in the source but I'm not sure how to get at it.
(I don't want to do anything naughty with it, especially distribute it as my own; I just find it incredibly useful and would like to be able to use it without dialing up my net connection, and to be sure I'll still have it should the website cease to exist.)
(I don't want to do anything naughty with it, especially distribute it as my own; I just find it incredibly useful and would like to be able to use it without dialing up my net connection, and to be sure I'll still have it should the website cease to exist.)
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Date: Sep. 8th, 2003 09:11 pm (UTC)From:1) try and download the class directly by filling in the direct URL and saving it (but I don't think that works)
2) go into your "temporary internet files", track it down and copy/paste it to your own directory somewhere.
Good Luck,
-Person
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Date: Sep. 9th, 2003 12:50 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: Sep. 9th, 2003 09:05 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: Sep. 9th, 2003 12:31 am (UTC)From:re: pic: thanks! I tend to change them around fairly frequently. sometimes I just see a graphic that makes me want to go "oo, gotta make a userpic out of that" and sometimes I have the full 10 already and have to give one up. the current default is actually by Liselotte Eriksson, who has a livejournal (
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Date: Sep. 9th, 2003 08:54 am (UTC)From:So if you have a page at (for example):
http://www.myserver.com/java/useful.htm
and in the source of that page you see a tag that includes the following snippet:
applet=cooltoy.jar
then the URL of the applet would be:
http://www.myserver.com/java/cooltoy.jar
standard HTML conventions apply, ie if the path begins with .. you have to go up a level, if it starts with / you start at the server's root, etc.
Once you have the URL, in many cases you should be able to simply type it directly to load the applet, then do Save As from the File menu. I know that on the Mac version of IE (possibly Safari as well but I've not had occasion to test) you can drag the URL from the title bar to the Download Manager window and snag it that way; I'm not sure if there's an equivelent in Windows or what it would be. However, there's any number of free download managers available for windows that should be able to download anything you've got a specific URL for.
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Date: Sep. 9th, 2003 01:41 pm (UTC)From:The code in the source, by the way, looked like this: <applet code =" dice">
The main file in question was actually dice.java, so numerous variations on appending " dice" (including trying dice.jar) to the url hadn't been successful. There were a bunch of .class files as well as the .gifs that it uses, so even if I had hit on it, I wouldn't have had anything usable, I don't think. *shrug*
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Date: Sep. 9th, 2003 04:20 pm (UTC)From:Java applets can either be precompiled or executed in a runtime state. The practical difference is that a precompiled applet usually has the .jar extention and is a self-contained thing, whereas the runtime mode is more analogous to a pile of source code that is being compiled on the fly as the user interacts with it. Runtime languages tend not to be preferred because they're slower, but they're also easier to learn.
Sounds like the author of this applet took the latter approach. Your soultion sounds like a good one. Of course there are all kinds of die rollar apps for Windows out there, aren't there? (I mean I can think of four freeware rollers for Mac alone, I can't imagine there's less for windows...)
Ah well. geeking out can often be its own reward anyway :)
my apologies
Date: Sep. 9th, 2003 11:22 pm (UTC)From: