HELP! How to get an applet and place it into an application?

Question

Hi,
We have a third party java applet that runs on a specific server. We don't have the code for this applet, only the .class file. We usually connect to the server using any browser with HTTP protocole like http://ourServer. Then we are asked for our username and password and then the applet loads and we can run it. The applet is design to remotely control a piece of equipment. The applet runs on the server and directly coomunicate with this piece of equipment and gives us bak some information into a graphic interface.
What we want to do is to integrate the applet into one of our stand alone application to eliminte the need for a browser. Since Applet can be add directly into any Panel I've tried something like :
public myApp() {
     Container c = getContentPane();
     ThirdPartyApplet myApplet = new ThirdPartyApplet();
     c.setLayout(new BorderLayout());     
     c.add(myApplet,BorderLayout.CENTER);
     myApplet.init();
Of course I've a local copy of the .class file and I've included it into my ClassPath. I can get the interface this way but I can't run it, nothing seems to work.
I'm not an expert in applet, I don't know how this one works, but it seems that we need to get the one on the server and run it, just as a browser would do. We've also tried to integrate a Browser into our app. We've tried NetClue and IceBrowser but only IceBrowser seems to work perfectly with our applet and we don't have the money for an IceBrowser license.
So what is wrong with the integration of an applet into a stand alon application?? How do I simulate a Browser and get the applet from the server?
Can anyone help me on this one?
Thanks
Steeves

Answer 1

There's a link to download the Java source on this page.
http://java.sun.com/j2se/downloads.html
Once you have it, look for the appletviewer source in
src\share\classes\sun\applet