Javascript to java communication fails in firefox, help...

Question

I am trying to call a method called "Stop()" in my applet
this works fine in IE, but appears to crash the applet in firefox ( possibly stopping the thread?)
var cam_app = document.getElementById('cam_applet');
cam_app.Stop();i also have an method called Play() and i notice in firefox if i call the method in lower case.... i get this errror:
var cam_app = document.getElementById('cam_applet');
     cam_app.play();Error: There is no Java method xplug.play that matches JavaScript argument types ().
Candidate methods with the same name are:
void play(java.net.URL, java.lang.String)
void play(java.net.URL)
but yet this line works fine:
var cam_app = document.getElementById('cam_applet');
     cam_app.Play();all attemps in IE seem to work fine, loaded in firefox, the stop method seems to crash the xplug applet
anyone can help with this.....
i would just edit the applet and me a new method that is not called 'stop', but this is not my applet and i can not modify it
thanks in advance for assistance

Answer 1

Ok, I can provide a little more information, but I do not get an error message....
i have a java applet called xplug ( i did not write this applet, it is a web camera applet )
i embedd the applet in my page and give it an ID='cam_applet'
and it has these methods that are public....
    public void start()
        Play();
    public void stop()
        Stop();
    public void Stop()
        playing = false;
    public void Play()
    }it appears that i can call start and Play from both IE and firefox, and all of them from IE, things work fine.
if i call stop or Stop from firefox the applet will stop feeding video, and appears to not respond to any more calls, although i get no error messages, just no more video, and have to reload the page for things to return to normal
within this applet there is only one Play call, so the error message i get when i call play is a clue i think. I realize IE does not follow the rules as strictly, so it works because of that (feature), but the fact that firefox errors when i call 'play' lowercase tells me that it is looking for a matching applet call, and can only find play calls with arguements.
this tells me that maybe the stop and Stop calls are also calling the applet.stop call which maybe stopping the thread ( my guess )
you can actually see this in action at www.teleoperated.com and veiw source to see the code.... if you have firefox, then you can witness the failure first hand
thanks again for any responses