OK, the applet works fine in a static html page in apache, but NOT in cgi, the class file is IN cgi-bin, shoudl it be elsewhere? and it is executable... cheers 
#!/usr/local/perl -w

use CGI qw/:standard/;

print header;
print start_html('Monster');
print  '<object classid="clsid:8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93" w
+idth="1000" height="700" codebase="http://java.sun.com/products/plugi
+n/1.2.2/jinstall-1_2_2-win.cab#Version=1,2,2,0">
    <param name="java_code" value="Graphica.class">
    <param name="type" value="application/x-java-applet;version=1.4">
    <param name="file" value="">
    <COMMENT>
    <embed type="application/x-java-applet;version=1.4" width="1000" h
+eight="700" pluginspage="http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/" java_c
+ode="Graphica.class"
 file=""
>
        <noembed>
    </COMMENT>
    </noembed></embed>
      </object>';
print end_html;

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In reply to Re: Re: embedding swing (java 1.4.1) applets using CGI.pm by seaver
in thread embedding swing (java 1.4.1) applets using CGI.pm by seaver

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