GameGrid: Game programming with Java
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Browser setup

Firefox 2.0

To be able to execute Java-Applets in the Firefox browser its security settings need to allow them. The security measures concerning Java-Applets have improved during the last few years. It is not possible anymore for a Java-Applet to read, write or delete date from or to the users hard drive. For that it is necessary to change some settings in the browsers options.

Tools - Options - Content
Check Enable Java

If the option Block pop-up windows is checked, the web server clab2.phbern.ch should to be added to the Exceptions, this way the user does not always have to deactivate the pop-up blocker while working with this web page.

  
     

 

The examples of the tutorials are executed or downloaded with the help of Java-Webstart. The relevant class files are packed in a jar-file and started with a JNLP (Java Network Launching Protocol) on the users computer.

The first time a JNLP-file is started a dialog box is displayed. Check the box Do this automatically... and from now on the JNLP-files will be started without the dialog box appearing.

 

  


The list of the automatically stared add-ons now shows the item JNLP.  

 

Internet Explorer 7.0

In the 7.0 version of the Internet Explorer many options have been deactivated automatically.

To still be able to run and download the compiled Java programs from this web page, two options need to be reactivated.

Go to:

Control Panel - Internet Options - Security

Custom level...

 

  

 

Look for the settings Download

Automatic prompting for
file downloads

Enable

 

  

 

Enable the setting

Scripting of Java-Applets

 

 

  

 

Additional you can add this web page to the Trusted Sites.

By doing this the Internet Explorer and the Firefox will not display anymore security warnings while working with this site.

 

 

  

If the pop-up blocker is activated in your Internet Explorer a security warning will appear when running a compiled java program. Choose the option Always allow Pop-ups from this site, and this security warning will not appear anymore.