Applet access local file

I have an applet that access local files and directory.
I have create the applet policy file.
When viewing with appletviewer, we can type:
appletviewer -J-Djava.security.policy=applet.policy MainApplet.html
However, when I want to embed the applet in a html, how can the policy file be included?
Thx a lot.

how can the policy file be included?Applets use the java.policy wich is located in the jre/lib/security
(C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_04\lib\security)
There is a java.security where you can add or change the java.policy files to be
used
policy.url.1=file:${java.home}/lib/security/java.policy
After changing these files make sure the jre loads again, close all browsers
and open the page.
Signing applets:
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=63&thread=524815
second post and reply 18 for the java class file using doprivileged
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=63&thread=409341
4th post explaining how to set up your own policy with your own keystore
Still problems?
A Full trace might help us out:
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=656028

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