I can't run signed Java Applets

Question

HI
I have a java applet where I need to have acces to a local file, but I can't get IE to run the applet. (IE do not come with the Secutiy Warning window.)
From the homepage, I run the applet via:
<applet name=read_file code="read_file.class" width="0" height="0">
<script language="JavaScript">
document.read_file.file_read();
</script>
And the java code is:
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.io.*;
public class read_file extends Applet{
     public char[][] ip;
     public int counter;
     public String te="dette er en java test";
public void init() {
public void file_read() {
     String str;
     counter =0;
     try {     
     BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("c:\test\config.txt"));
          while ((str = in.readLine()) != null){
               ip[counter] = str.toCharArray();
               counter++;
          in.close();
     } catch(IOException e) {
public void test() {
I have signed the cab file with:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK\v1.1\Bin\signcode.exe" -j "C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK\v1.1\Bin\JAVASIGN.DLL" -jp High -v hjl.pvk -spc hjl.spc -n "oil" -i "www.vedikke endnu-.dk" "C:\Documents and Settings\rbn\Desktop\UIp\hjemmeside\read_file.cab"
and maket the cab fil with:
"C:\Documents and Settings\rbn\Desktop\UIp\cab\BIN\MAKECAB.EXE" "C:\Documents and Settings\rbn\Desktop\UIp\java\read_file.class" "C:\Documents and Settings\rbn\Desktop\UIp\hjemmeside\read_file.cab"
What do I need to different ?

Answer 1

I see no reason why you want to make this applet for the msjvm, here is how you do it with the sun sdk:
Signing applets:
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=63&thread=524815
second post and last post for the java class file
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
(my copy and paste fingers are really getting tired now, copyd and pasted this
for about a 100 times now)
Notice some differences in the html code of the examples (they don't use the applet tag)
If you're aiming for the msjvm because you don't want any support form MS in
the near future and want to delever a legacy unsupported unmaintainable applet
than I have to ask you how you compiled the applet. If you used the SUN sdk
then are you aware that the msjvm cannot handle java version higher than 1.1?
So you have to compile it like this: javac -source 1.3 -target 1.1 ....
Your html file seems to be missng the cabbase value so how do you expect
IE to find the cab file?