Using applets in forms 9i

Question

i am trying to use an "normal" applet (myapplet) designed for use in a html-page
in forms9i.
properties in applet can be set as "<param name="image1" value="1.jpg">...
i used jdevloper to create a wrapper-bean:
new->beans->Oracle Forms Pluggable Java Component
extends: oracle.jdeveloper.pjc.BeanWrapper
optional attributes: bean: myapplet.
then i tried to define the property ids like:
private final static ID image1 = ID.registerProperty("image1");
what next? any howto's??? the pjc-demo from otn does not exactly describe, how to make a wrapper bean...
kind regards

Answer 1

Close - but you don't need the .class extension.
1) Copy the Clock.class into your forms90/java directory (or you can have it in a JAR and point to in the various Archive Tags - but let's just copy the class for the moment)
Then the code you need in your When-New-Form-Instance is something like:
FBEAN.REGISTER_BEAN ('BLOCK1.CLOCKAREA',1,'Clock');
That should create the clock in the bean area (I've just tried the Java 1.4 Clock and it works)
The calls to FBean.SET_PROPERTY() are not going to be the way to set applet properties on the Clock. FBean.set_property is for setting the values of public variables on the bean (if it has any and this one does not).
Setting the Applet properties is done like the forms applet properties themselves. So you need to update the template HTML file - in this case basejini.htm and add in the properties that this Applet uses to the ones the Forms Applet uses -
e.g. I added <PARAM NAME="bgcolor" value="FF0000"> to my basejini to set the background of the clock to Red.
The only thing you won't be able to change in this way is the Width and height. The size of the Bean Area effectively becomes the Applet Area in that case.