BMPsqueezer HTML issues

When BMPsqueezer puts an image in an applet it produces two files, the "JAR" file that encapsulates the image and the applet that is used to view it, plus an HTML file that runs the applet. The product makes the assumption that the HTML file and the JAR file are both in the same directory on a server but this may not be valid.

Sometimes it is necessary to place an ImageSafe "JAR" file in a different directory to the HTML file. Free websites like HOTBOT insist on this. For instance, in the case of HOTBOT the "JAR" file will be put in a subdirectory called "images" when it is uploaded and the user has no choice about this. If the JAR file is put in a different directory to the HTML file the created HTML must be altered.

If the JAR file is called "pic.jar" then the HTML line created by BMPsqueezer

archive="pic.jar"
should then be changed to
archive="images/pic.jar"
Products like Frontpage can be used to edit the HTML files that BMPsqueezer produces.

As already discussed on the basics page there is no problem putting multiple applets on a single webpage. The code between the applet......../applet tags should be cut and pasted into the composite webpage but the JAR file for each image remains separate.