# applets using Netscape

Sokolewicz.M@grainger.com
5 Jan 1998 16:50:00 -0600

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    From: Sokolewicz.M@grainger.com

    Date: 5 Jan 1998 16:50:00 -0600

    Subject: applets using Netscape

    To: java-security@web2.javasoft.com

Hi,

Sorry if this question is remedial, but I've looked through the FAQ's and
online docs already
and am still unsure.

I'm writing an applet which will be used in-house on our intranet via an HTML
file. This applet
should run at least on Netscape Communicator (I've upgraded the Communicator
so it will use
Java 1.1.4), but would also be great if it worked with Microsoft junk (not my
decision about the
latter).

In any case, the applet needs to be loaded from across the intranet and has to
read a file on
a person's local hard drive, something that's not possible by default. I've
read the docs
concerning jar and javakey. But before I bother my sysadmin I need to know:
if I make the
applet into a signed jar file, and the sysadmin does all that's necessary to
identify that
signature as trusted (as per the online docs), will the applet then be able to
read the local file?

Thanks for any help you can give me. BTW: our firewall unfortunately doesn't
allow us access
to any kind of news services, so a direct email to

Sokolewicz.M@Grainger.com

would be very appreciated.

Thanks,
--mike

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