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You are here: Test Case Description for applets within <applet> tag > Test Case #5 for applets within <applet>: codebase attribute

Applets: APPLET (CODEBASE)

This test case tests the <applet> tag with its optional codebase attribute which specifies the base URL location of the java applet class file. It enables a java-capable browser to find the applet class files when they are stored in a different directory than that of your HTML files.

Test Instructions

  1. Verify that the sample java applet displays as stated in each of the following test cases:
  2. Verify that the java applet is maintained when you minimize/maximize the screen.
  3. Verify that the java applet is maintained when you re-size left & right the screen.
  4. Verify that the java applet is maintained when you re-size top & bottom the screen.
  5. Verify re-draw takes place correctly after maximizing the screen.
  6. Verify reload works.

Test Case #1: sample displaying an APPLET without using CODEBASE
(using <applet code="class name"> </applet>)

The APPLET runs from the "current document URL" when codebase is not used

Test Case #2: sample displaying an APPLET using CODEBASE with a relative URL
(using <applet codebase=relative class pathname code="class name"> </applet>)

The APPLET runs from a "URL" relative to the codebase relative class pathname

Test Case #3: sample displaying an APPLET using CODEBASE with an absolute URL
(using <applet code=absolute class pathname code="class name"> </applet>)

The APPLET runs from the codebase absolute class pathname