Q&A

Q1:I have an applet that takes parameters and an HTML file that passes it those parameters, but when my applet runs, all I get are null values. What's going on here?
A1: Do the names of your parameters (in the NAME attribute) match exactly with the names you're testing for in getParameter() ? They must be exact, including case, for the match to be made. Make sure also that your <PARAM> tags are inside the opening and closing <APPLET> tags and that you haven't misspelled anything.
Q2:Because applets don't have a command line or a standard output stream, how can I do simple debugging output like System.out.println() in an applet?
A2: Depending on your browser or other Java-enabled environment, you might have a console window where debugging ...

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