A Java applet is a Java program run from a Web browser. Both Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer have a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for running Java applets. However, IBM EIP uses recent additions to the Java language that might not be implemented by either Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. Therefore, a JRE from Sun Microsystems, called Java Plug-in, is required. Java Plug-in provides a consistent JRE across browsers. Once installed, applets requiring Java Plug-in can use current Java features, for example, JDK 1.1.8 and swing. The IBM EIP applet requires Java Plug-in 1.1.2.
To enable browsers to run the EIP applet, an administrator must install and configure the applet on a Web server. Then, users must install on their workstations the EIP code needed by the applet.
The EIP client application can be run as an applet on Windows in either Netscape Navigator 3.0 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02 (or later version of these browsers). A sample Web page (install_dir\doc\appletInstall.html) is included with EIP that contains installation and configuration instructions for both a Web administrator and users of the applet. Those instructions are summarized below. The Adminsitrator should edit and customize: install_dir\doc\appletInstall.html, which is automatically installed with the Toolkit option.