SDK Wont Run Applets

Question

After some tinkering, I have discovered that the problem is not in my program, but in my SDK or my understanding of it. I made a simple "hello world" applet and could not run it after successfully compiling:
[mbondr@localhost tinker]$ cat Tinker.java
package tinker;
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
public class Tinker extends Applet {
public void paint(Graphics g) {
g.drawString("Yadda Yadda", 20, 20);
[mbondr@localhost tinker]$ javac *.java
[mbondr@localhost tinker]$ appletviewer -debug Tinker.class
Initializing jdb ...
runrun sun.applet.Main Tinker.class
Set uncaught java.lang.Throwable
Set deferred uncaught java.lang.Throwable
>
VM Started:
The application exited
[mbondr@localhost tinker]$
I can't get any applets to run. Is it me? Is it my setup? Should I wipe my hard drive and start over?
Mark

Answer 1

Hi,
The appletviewer expects an URL not a class so you will need to create a simple HTML page with applet/object/embed tags that point to your applet and give the name of the HTML file as the argument to appletviewer.
HTH