Working with applets

Applets are Java programs that are stored on Internet/intranet web servers. Unlike applications, applets are not stand-alone programs but require a viewer to run, such as a web browser. Applets must be launched from an HTML web page that includes an APPLET tag.

Before developing applets, it's important to fully understand browser and JDK compatibility issues. See "Working with applets" in Building Applications with JBuilder and the "Building an applet" tutorial in the Quick Start for information on these issues.


Using the Applet wizard

JBuilder provides an Applet wizard to assist you in creating applets. The Applet wizard creates an applet consisting of two files and adds them to the existing project:

To open the Applet wizard,
  1. Close all open projects.
  2. Choose File|New. Double-click the Applet icon in the object gallery. The Project wizard opens first. You must create a project before creating an applet.
  3. Complete the three steps of the Project wizard. The Applet wizard opens.
  4. Complete the three-step wizard to create the applet. The applet is added to the project.

Applet wizard

For more information on deploying applets, see "Deploying Java programs" in Building Applications with JBuilder.