Problem with Safari Applets

rlarson · Apr 29, 2004

The following code works just fine in IE6, but in Safari it's ignored. Is there a way to resize an applet after it's loaded in Safari?

Thanks in advance.

Code:

<html>

<head>
  <title>Viewer</title>
</head>

<script language="JavaScript">
    function resizeGrid()
    { /* Make the applet fit the window */
      if(document.myApplet != null)
      { document.myApplet.width = document.body.clientWidth;
        document.myApplet.height = document.body.clientHeight;
      }  
    } 
    function init()
    { resizeGrid();
    }
</script> 

<body onResize="resizeGrid();" onload="init();">

<applet code="wviewer.ItemViewer" codebase="/customviewer/" name="myApplet" id="myApplet" width="625" height="325" mayscript>

</applet>
</body>
</html>

BabyJeffy · Apr 30, 2004

When you say "it doesn't work in Safari" do you get any errors (open up the javascript console by typing "javascript:" in the location bar)?

Jeff

rlarson · Apr 30, 2004

No errors. Java console doesn't show anything except for loading the applet.

BillyRayPreachersSon · May 2, 2004

Does changing your code to use DOM methods make any difference? Try replacing your script with this and see what happens:

Code:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
	function resizeGrid() {
		var myAppletObj = document.getElementById('myApplet');
		if(myAppletObj != null) {
			myApplet.setAttribute('width', document.body.clientWidth);
			myApplet.setAttribute('height', document.body.clientHeight);
		}
	}

	function init() {
		resizeGrid();
	}
//-->
</script>

Also, try just writing a script which alerts "document.body.clientWidth" - it may turn out that Safari doesn't actually support that property at all - which would be one reason your script isn't working.

Hope this helps,
Dan

rlarson · May 3, 2004

I've added this after setting the width and height:
window.status = "width = " + document.body.clientWidth + " height = " + document.body.clientHeight;

The status bar displays the changes as the window is resized, but the applet doesn't change.

Any other suggestions?

BillyRayPreachersSon · May 3, 2004

Nope - This is where I'd check the Apple.com knowledgebase ;o)

Dan

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