Printing and Wordprocessing




    Applet buttons on this page start applications that can be used for testing the ability of Java virtual machines to print in various fonts. When started from applets they run under security manager and require various permissions to run. First application prints only one line of text describing the printers resolution in pixels per inch and a rectangle 1 inch by 1 inch. It requires only permission to print. Second aplication prints several lines of text in user chosen font and requires also permission to display dialogs. Third application prints user selected file in chosen font and page setup. It requires also permission to read a file. Last application is a rudimentary word processor and requires permission to read and write files, dislay dialogs and print. You can also download the archive with the applications and run them from command line typing JView if you are using Windows or java if you are using Sun's runtime environment and the name of the class that follows the word start in applet buttons. Aplications then run with all permissions automatically but a command SET CLASSPATH=.... where ellipsis is replaced with path-filename of the Java archive with applications must be issued before the start of Java VM. Before an application is terminated a dialog is displayed asking you if the Java VM should be terminated also. Choose no if the application was started from applet button, yes if it was started from command line prompt. If you are using Microsoft's Java VM, required permisions can be given from view->options menu of IE, if you are using Sun's machine start the policytool from command line.
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