You use the
applet
tag to deploy applets to a multi-browser environment.For complete details on the
applet
tag, read the W3 HTML specification.
Note: The HTML specification states that theapplet
tag is deprecated, and that you should use theobject
tag instead. However, the specification is vague about how browsers should implement theobject
tag to support Java applets, and browser support is currently inconsistent. It is therefore recommended that you continue to use theapplet
tag as a consistent way to deploy Java applets across browsers on all platforms.Following is an example of the applet tag:
<applet code=Applet1.class width="200" height="200"> Your browser does not support theapplet
tag. </applet>For both Internet Explorer and the Mozilla family of browsers, if Java Plug-in is installed (version 1.3.1_01a or later) then the latest installed version of Java Plug-in is invoked to run the applet.
Note: You cannot use theapplet
tag to automatically download a JRE if one is not installed locally.