- On the Edit menu, choose Preferences.
- Under Web Browser, click Java.
- Select the Enable Java check box.
- Choose a Java Virtual Machine.
- Choose one of the following options from the Byte Code Verification menu.
| Don't Check Code |
The lowest form of verification. Neither byte code on your local drive nor on the network are inspected. |
| Check Remote Code |
Only applets coming from the network are inspected. Any byte code that may previously have been installed on your local drive will not be verified. |
| Check All Code |
The highest form of verification. Byte code coming from both your local drive and the network is inspected. |
- Choose one of the following from the Network Access menu:
| Applet Host Access |
Medium-level security: After an applet is downloaded, it can send and receive information only to and from the server from which it was downloaded. |
| No Network Access |
High-level security. After an applet is downloaded, it cannot access any servers on the Internet. |
| Unrestricted Access |
Low-level security. Java applets can send and receive information to and from any server on the Internet. |
- To prevent Java applets from reading, creating, or modifying files on your local
hard disk, select the Restrict Access To Non-Java Class Files check box. When this box is selected, Java applets have access only to files essential to the program.
- Select the Alert on Exception check box if you want a warning message to appear when an error occurs.
- Select the Log Java Output check box if you want the Java output to be stored in the Java messages log.
- Select the Log Java Exceptions check box if you want Java errors to be stored in the Java messages log.
- Select the Load Java Applets After Document Is Finished if you want the Java applet to be downloaded only after the Web page is downloaded.
Tip
- Downloading Java applets may take longer over slow modems. If you are not interested
in Java applets, you can improve performance by disabling Java. Java is disabled by default.
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- On the View menu, choose Java Messages.
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- On the Edit menu, choose Preferences.
- Under Web Browser, click Web Content.
- Select the Enable Scripting check box. If a Web page uses JavaScript and you have cleared the Scripting check box, you might be able to view the elements, but you will not be able to use them. For example, if JavaScript is used to create a pop-up menu, you might be able to see the menu items, but nothing will happen when you choose a menu item.
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