Pool menu effect error

[Anonymust]

I use a java applet on several web pages that is no longer functioning
in my browser. I use IE 6 (fully patched). When I use Internet
options/Advanced to select the MS browser plug in for java, the applet
loads and functions correctly. When I select the Sun browser plug in
for java the applet doesn't load and Sun's console returns the
following gibberish. (I'm sure it isn't gibberish to everyone, just
me):

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Name: PoolMenu Version 1.0

Author: David Griffiths

This is an interactive applet class which takes an

image and covers it in virtual water.

For more information about this and other applets

go to http://www.demon.co.uk/davidg/spigots.htm

Created with Sun JDK 1.1

Unable to create Pool: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Width (-1)
and height (-1) cannot be <= 0

Unable to create next frame: java.lang.NullPointerException

java.lang.NullPointerException

at Pool.getImage(Pool.java:268)

at PoolMenu.paint(PoolMenu.java:490)

at sun.awt.RepaintArea.paint(Unknown Source)

at sun.awt.windows.WComponentPeer.handleEvent(Unknown Source)

at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)

at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)

at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)

at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierar chy(Unknown
Source)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarch y(Unknown
Source)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
I attempted to contact the applet's author via the site listed in the
code above, but it is no longer hosted at that site. So I guess my
question is, does anyone know how to fix this so that the applet works
for IE 6 with Sun's plug in, or perhaps someone else has written a
newer script for this effect that I can download?

Thanking all in advance for time and attention to this issue.

[Hywel]

In article <ce**************************@posting.google.com >,
an*******@lycos.com says...

I use a java applet on several web pages that is no longer functioning
in my browser.

Have you asked in a Java newsgroup and read the documentation that came
with it?

--
Hywel I do not eat quiche
http://kibo.org.uk/
http://kibo.org.uk/mfaq.php

[Anonymust]

Hywel <us****@kibo.org.uk> wrote in message news:<MP************************@news.individual.n et>...

Hywel says...

Have you asked in a Java newsgroup and read the documentation that came
with it?

1) This is where I was directed by a user in another forum. Am I still
in the wrong place? If not, could you please direct me to a more
appropriate group?

2) Yes, I've read all the documentation (minimal) and the applet has
worked fine for over a year, is still working fine, provided my MS
browser is using the MS java plug in. Once I change to Sun's plug in,
the applet completely fails on pages I have designed and when I go to
sites where others are using the same exact applet (same author, same
code), if it does load in my browser, the effect behaves in a sluggish
manner.

Thank you for taking the time to read and respond to my post.

[Hywel]

In article <ce************************@posting.google.com>,
an*******@lycos.com says...

Hywel <us****@kibo.org.uk> wrote in message news:<MP************************@news.individual.n et>...

Hywel says...

Have you asked in a Java newsgroup and read the documentation that came
with it?
1) This is where I was directed by a user in another forum. Am I still
in the wrong place? If not, could you please direct me to a more
appropriate group?

A Java newsgroup. comp.lang.java, for example.

2) Yes, I've read all the documentation (minimal) and the applet has
worked fine for over a year, is still working fine, provided my MS
browser is using the MS java plug in. Once I change to Sun's plug in,
the applet completely fails on pages I have designed and when I go to
sites where others are using the same exact applet (same author, same
code), if it does load in my browser, the effect behaves in a sluggish
manner.

Perhaps the fault is with the browser. Try a proper one, such as
http://www.mozilla.org/

--
Hywel I do not eat quiche
http://kibo.org.uk/
http://kibo.org.uk/mfaq.php