Availability

JavaScript 1.1

Synopsis

document.applets[i] 
document.appletName

Properties

The properties of an Applet object are the same as the public fields of the Java applet it represents.

Methods

The methods of an Applet object are the same as the public methods of the Java applet it represents.

Description

The Applet object represents a Java applet embedded in an HTML document. The properties of the Applet object represent the public fields of the applet, and the methods of the Applet object represent the public methods of the applet. LiveConnect technology in Netscape and ActiveX technology in Internet Explorer allow JavaScript programs to use the Applet object to read and write the fields and invoke the methods of the corresponding Java applet. See Chapter 22 for details.

Remember that Java is a strongly typed language. This means that each field of an applet has been declared to have a specific data type, and setting it to a value of some other type causes a runtime error. The same is true of applet methods: each argument has a specific type, and arguments cannot be omitted as they can be in JavaScript.

See Also

JavaObject; Chapter 22