Images in JApplet

Question

Hi!
I am trying to convert a game application, made using Java - Swing combination, to an JApplet.
First I installed the newest JRE1.3.1 from the java.sun.com and used the HTMLConverter.
Testing revealed that the JApplet runs quite Ok in the Appletviewer.
When I try to run it in Netscape 6.1 the game works otherwice except that it doesn't have any
of it's pictures which are either in gif - or jpg formats. The Java Console doesn't tell me anything that might indicate a problem.
The interesting part comes when I try to run the same JApplet inside IE5.5. I get a message
that states that the requested html-page (or one of its components) could not be found. At the
same time thought an instance of the Netscape 6.1 is being launched and, to my surprise, the
JApplet runs Ok in it.
If I try to run the JApplet in Opera 5.12 I just get a message saying that a connection to the
running virtual machine could not be established.
At home I use Linux and KDE's browser Konqueror. That's the only one that gives a securityexception for the read operation of the images.
At work, where I have Win 2000, I have tried to play with policytool in order to grant the required reading permissions, but I haven't succeeded yet.
I would appreciate any help in solving this mystery.
Jussi

Answer 1

Image         map;
URL url = null;
try
         url = new URL(getCodeBase()+"usa.gif");
     catch(MalformedURLException e)
map = getToolkit().createImage(url);
MediaTracker tracker = new MediaTracker(this);
tracker.addImage(map,0);
try   {tracker.waitForID(0);}
catch (InterruptedException e){} .
//usa.gif is the name of the file
Noah