how do I use smart update to install a Java package

[Paul Ostrowski]

Currently, I have a signed JAR file that I created using signtool similar to
this:
Installations\signtool -d"my certificates location" -k"my VeriSign digit
ID" -p"mypassword" -Z"MyPackage.jar" BuildDir

I then place this JAR file in a publish WWW directory, and access it with an
APPLET tag, similar to:
<APPLET bgcolor="white" ARCHIVE="http://mycompany.com/MyPackage.jar"
CODE="com.mycompany.package1.MyApplet" WIDTH="200" HEIGHT="100" MAYSCIPT>
<PARAM NAME="someParameter" VALUE="someValue">
</APPLET>

This works fine, but the applet downloads every time the page is accessed.
I've heard that you can install java packages, but my first attempt at this
is failling. I tried to just make an install.js file that installs the
MyPackage.jar file into the "Java Download" directory, and packaged that
into a JAR file with signtool again. Is this the right thing to do? When I
do this, Netscape doesn't install the package at all, I don't even get a
security prompt.

Any help, or a link to an example site on the web, would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks,

Paul Ostrowski

[Paul Ostrowski]

Paul Ostrowski <paul_os...@cirilium.com> wrote in message
news:909ap5$ed...@secnews.netscape.com...

I forgot to call StartSoftwareUpdate. So now I do that, and I get the
security warning (once). Unfortunately, my control doesn't come up like it
should. I'm not sure whats going on, but I'll look into more on monday.

Also, do JAVA Applets have a MIME type? I ask this because when I install a
plugin, I check to see if the plugin exists by looking for a MIMEType that
matches what MIME type I said the dll handles in the resources. How do you
check to see if an applet is install using smart update?

Paul Ostrowski