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Applet Authentication Problems with NT

Posted by Rich Sorensen on December 10, 2001 at 3:44 AM

I have a couple of Java applet questions:

The application is here is report/file viewing over the web for an MS IIS intranet. The Java applet presents a directory structure to web users via a Java JTree swing applet. The users navigate the directory tree, and when they click on a file, it downloads to their browser.

Everything works fine with authentication turned off. However when authentication is turned on (and the browser pops up the username/password box), the applet will also pop up an applet window asking for the same values. The reason for the pop-up is that the applet reads gif files from the web server (open and closed folder icons) to use in displaying the directory tree. My questions are:

1. How can I get the applet authentication turned off? (the credentials supplied in the login are sufficient to read the icon files from the web server).

2. Is there a way to include and compile graphic files as resources within a Java app so you don't have to read them from external files? (like you can do with VB and C++).

Thanks,

Rich Sorensen

• Re: Applet and HTTP Authentication Brian Sanders December 10, 2001 at 9:41 AM (2)
  • Thanks, and a follow-on question Rich Sorensen December 10, 2001 at 11:25 PM (1)
    • Re: getResource() Brian Sanders December 17, 2001 at 1:04 PM (0)