Get the input box value from applet & transfer it to javaScript

[Darren Alexandria]

Good day!

I have an applet which is currently embedded in a JSP page.
What I am trying to do is to access or get the value in the
input box using javaScript.

Here is my applet tag

<applet code="com.amkor.cimapps.barcode.GetILN.class"
name="appletbarcode"
id = "appletbarcode"
archive="appletbarcode.jar"
codebase = "applets/"
width="200"
height="75"
align="middle"
mayscript = "true">
</applet> 

Here's what I used in javaScript:

function applet(){

var x = document.getElementById('appletbarcode').value
alert ("Applet value : " + x)

}

But all I get is an undefined value.

[ UD: added linebreaks to preserve formatting ]
[ March 13, 2008: Message edited by: Ulf Dittmer ]

[Ulf Dittmer]

The applet tag -which is what getElementById returns- does not have a "value" attribute. If you want to access data in the applet, write a public method that returns it, and call it like document.getElementById('appletbarcode').getValue().

[Darren Alexandria]

I'm sorry if I cross-posted.. I think I have done it twice today..

This is the code that I have written which simply shows an input box:

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
 
public class GetILN extends JApplet implements ActionListener
{
 
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private TextField txtRecvMsg, txtSendMsg;
 

   public void init ()
   {
      // Build the applet's GUI.
 
      setLayout (new GridLayout (3, 1));
 
      JPanel pnl = new JPanel ();
      pnl.setLayout (new FlowLayout (FlowLayout.LEFT));
 
      //pnl.add (new JLabel ("ILN:"));
 
      txtSendMsg = new TextField (18);
      pnl.add (txtSendMsg);
 
      getContentPane ().add (pnl);
 

   }
 
   public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent e)
   {
      }
 
   }
}

When I input a value in this applet, I wish to get it in javaScript.

[Ulf Dittmer]

As I said elsewhere, that's what LiveConnect does.

[Darren Alexandria]

Thanks for your reply.
I am starting to read in now, and hope that I'll be
able to understand and implement it.



BTW,
Can Live Connect be used in IE?
[ March 13, 2008: Message edited by: Darren Alexandria ]