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Asked: 2026-05-20T23:54:12+00:00

I am in my first programming class and I am now reaching the end

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I am in my first programming class and I am now reaching the end of the semester. I have an online portfolio where I share my college accomplishments. At this point in the semester, I would like to upload some of the simple Applets I have created to my online portfolio. My portfolio is hosted on Weebly.com. I tried uploading the files to the host site and using the simple tags to run the applet within the html. I’m quite sure I’m accessing the files using the correct directories. But before we jump to any conclusions there, I decided I ought to run the applets locally to ensure I’m doing everything correctly. I am on a macbook pro running OS 10.6.6. In Java Preferences, my Java SE versions are Java SE 6 64-bit and Java SE 6 32-bit. My plug-in version is 1.6.0 (found in /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines). These are the only versions I have on my machine. My research tells me that I may be having version disagreements. Some forums have suggested going back to plug-in version 1.5 (although, I have no idea how). I’m pretty sure now though that apple has updated Safari to a 64-bit version. I have Eclipse set to 1.6 also. Everything seems to be on the same page to me.

And yes, I’ve read all the related questions on here over and over. Most of them are a little outdated now.

Here’s my applet code:

/** 
 * Class NightScene - Draws a night scene (just for fun). 
 *  
 * @author Alex Stout 
 * @version February 8, 2011 
 */ 
package lab05_1; 
import java.awt.*; 
import javax.swing.*; 

public class NightScene extends JApplet 
{ 
        /** 
         * Paint method for applet. 
         *  
         * @param  g   the Graphics object for this applet 
         */ 
        public void paint(Graphics g) 
        { 
            g.setColor(Color.BLUE.darker().darker().darker());
            g.fillRect(0,0, this.getWidth(), this.getHeight());

            this.drawMoon(g);

            this.drawStars(g);

            this.drawHorizon(g);

        }
        public void drawStars(Graphics h)
        {   
            for (int i = 0 ; i <= this.getWidth()*5; i++)
            {
                int x = (int)(Math.random()*this.getWidth());
                int y = (int)(Math.random()*this.getHeight());

                h.setColor(Color.WHITE);
                h.fillOval (x, y, (int) (Math.random()*3)+1, (int) (Math.random()*3)+1);
            }

        }
        public void drawMoon(Graphics j)
        {
            int x = (int)(Math.random()*(this.getWidth()-200)+50);
            int y = (int)(Math.random()*(this.getHeight()-200)+50);

            j.setColor(Color.YELLOW.brighter().brighter());
            j.fillOval (x, y, this.getWidth()/10, this.getWidth()/10);
            j.setColor (Color.BLUE.darker().darker().darker());
            j.fillOval (x-(this.getWidth()/100), y-(this.getWidth()/100), this.getWidth()/10, this.getWidth()/10);
        }   

        public void drawHorizon(Graphics k)
        {
            int xi = 0;
            int xj = this.getWidth();
            int yj = this.getHeight();
            int rh = this.getHeight()-this.getHeight()/8;

            for (int i=0; i < xj; i++)
            {
                k.setColor(Color.BLACK);
                k.drawLine(xi, yj, xi, rh);

                k.setColor(Color.BLUE);
                if(Math.random()<0.50)
                {
                    k.drawLine(xi++, rh++, xi, rh++);
                }
                else
                {
                    k.drawLine(xi++, rh--, xi, rh--);
                }

            }           
        }
}

Here’s my html code:

<html>
<Applet code = NightScene.class codebase = "." width = "400" height = "400">
</Applet>
</html>

Here’s the Java Console output:

Java Plug-in 1.6.0_24
Using JRE version 1.6.0_24-b07-334-10M3326 Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
User home directory = /Users/myUserName

Some people have suggested using codebase = “.” so I tried that to no avail. It doesn’t work with or without it. I tried putting in the full directory path, no success. I tried quotes and no quotes around the class name. I tried with and without .class on the end. I tried making a lab05_1 subdirectory because that’s the package name in the code. No luck. Both the class file and the html file are in the same folder on the desktop. The class file is a copy of the original one that was created in Eclipse, but it has the same name, so I wouldn’t think this should cause any problems being in different directories.

I don’t know what else to do. Please Help! This has been irking me for a week. I’ve spent hours upon hours on something so simple.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I don’t have a Mac handy to check this, but if you change your HTML file, it should work — you are missing the package name for the NightScene.class.

    <html>
  <Applet code="lab05_1.NightScene.class" width="400" height="400"/>
</html>

    The Oracle reference for the APPLET tag is here.

    From that page:

    CODE = appletFile

    This REQUIRED
    attribute gives the name of the file
    that contains the applet’s compiled
    Applet subclass. This file is relative
    to the base URL of the applet. It
    cannot be absolute. One of CODE or
    OBJECT must be present. The value
    appletFile can be of the form
    classname.class or of the form
    packagename.classname.class.

    EDIT: Just in case it’s not clear, the directory should be laid out like so:

        +-top-level/
      |
      +-lab05_1/
      | |
      | +-NightScene.class
      |
      +-test.html
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