Technical Information for DGP Applet

Technical Information


Back to DGP Applet page Speed Up the Loading of the DGP Applet Running the DGP Applet Offline as a Java Application Browsers and Platforms supported

Speed Up the Loading of the DGP Applet

The DGP applet consists of about 100 Java classes and 'gif' files. To speed up the loading of the applet, the DGP applet classes are bundled into a single JAR file which can be downloaded to your browser in a single HTTP transaction. If each of the DGP applet classes is stored as an individual file on the server, then browsers will have to download them file by file.

Running the DGP Applet Offline as a Java Application

You can run the DGP applet offline as a Java application. The DGP application has all the functionalities of the applet and runs as a distributed application, communicating with the server at the various stages of its run. In addition, the application has the following advantages :

To run as an application,

Browsers and Platforms supported

The applet was compiled with SUN's JDK version 1.1.6 and tested to work with Netscape Navigator version 4.05, Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and SUN's appletviewer on SUN machines and on PCs.

Testings done show that the applet will not run using Netscape version 3 on all platforms as well as Netscape version 4.05 on Digital Alpha machines. The applet can, however, be run on the Digital Alpha machines using appletviewer or as an application.


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Last updated on 24/08/98