# Re: Transferring a file using an applet

Li Gong (gong@games.eng.sun.com)
Fri, 11 Dec 1998 19:04:57 -0800

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What you described can be easily achieved by writing a special class
as part of the Plug-In, but this functionality is kind of a utility
that does not quite belong to the core APIs. Nevertheless, we are
reviewing your request. Thanks.

Li

    --

    Jonathan Allin writes:
    > People,
    >
    > We need to write an applet that will transfer a file, selected by the
    > client, from the client's machine to the server from which the applet
    > was launched.
    >
    > Can this be done without the user having to edit the security policies
    > on their machine? I saw a Finjan demo, where, as far as I could tell, a
    > dialog box popped up, asking the user if it was okay to perform the
    > requested action: no other configuration seemed to be required.
    >
    > The steps you outline in http://java.sun.com/security/signExample/
    > section 3 require the user to do rather more work than I'd like, even
    > for an extranet environment.
    >
    > I can assume that the user has installed the latest plug-in.
    >
    > Your help would be very much appreciated.
    >
    > Many thanks in anticipation,
    >
    > --Jonathan Allin
    >
    >
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