[Alex Duffield]

How can I get a Windows Java Applet to run in OSX?

Would I use MRJ App Builder??

Is there info on how to do this?

[Apocalypse]

As I understand it, Java applets cannot be platform-dependant (since the applet class encompasses nothing OS-dependant). Try using the "Applet Launcher" in /Applications/Utilities

That should work but I haven't tried applet performance on OS X, personally.

Jeff.

[Rickster]

If you've got a Java application packaged as a jar file, try running it from the command line with
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1"face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial">code:</font><HR><pre><font size=1 face=courier>% java -jar &lt;jarfile&gt;</font>[/code]
If it works, you can use MRJAppBuilder to package it up nicely as a double-clickable Mac-style app. If it doesn't work, chalk it up to Java's "write once, hope it runs somewhere" cross platform capabilities and/or Microsoft's Java "extensions" -- it probably won't work on other Java platforms, either. In this case you're pretty much stuck unless you're a Java programmer and have access to the app's source.

If it's applets, not applications, that you're talking about, ignore the previous paragraph. Applets are a lot closer to cross-platform than apps are; to run one in OS X, just point Applet Runner to the html file containing the applet. In this case, if it doesn't work, it's most likely OS X's fault.