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Re: Applet can't detect 64-bit JRE

From	Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Applet can't detect 64-bit JRE
Date	2011-08-17 23:18 -0700
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Qu0ll wrote:
>>> If you have a 64-bit browser it looks for a 64-bit JRE.  IF you have a
>>> 3.2-bit browser, it looks for a 32-bit JRE.  that is why I have a
>>> 32-bit JRE and 64-bit JDK installed.
>>
>> Then how do you explain the fact that other applets and Web Start 
>> applications work fine in this 32-bit browser with a 64-bit JRE?
> 
> I stand corrected - it appears that only Java Web Start *applications* work 
> with this combination, all other true applets result in an attempt to 
> download and install a 32-bit JRE or complain of missing plug-ins.
> 
> Why should there be any difference???

Applets have differed from applications since forever.

One reason why is that the former are hosted by the browser, the latter by the client machine itself.

-- 
Lew

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Applet can't detect 64-bit JRE "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2011-08-18 13:58 +1000
  Re: Applet can't detect 64-bit JRE BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-17 21:05 -0700
    Re: Applet can't detect 64-bit JRE "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2011-08-18 14:20 +1000
  Re: Applet can't detect 64-bit JRE Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-08-17 22:00 -0700
    Re: Applet can't detect 64-bit JRE "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2011-08-18 15:15 +1000
      Re: Applet can't detect 64-bit JRE "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2011-08-18 15:21 +1000
        Re: Applet can't detect 64-bit JRE Knute Johnson <september@knutejohnson.com> - 2011-08-17 23:18 -0700
          Re: Applet can't detect 64-bit JRE BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-18 03:20 -0700
        Re: Applet can't detect 64-bit JRE Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-08-17 23:18 -0700
          Re: Applet can't detect 64-bit JRE Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-09-01 01:23 -0700
            Re: Applet can't detect 64-bit JRE Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-09-01 22:26 -0400
        Re: Applet can't detect 64-bit JRE Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-09-01 01:22 -0700

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