How to force Firefox to reload applet

[JordashTalon]

I'm trying to develop an applet but it has problems refreshing whenever I compile a new class file, it seems to load the old applet and doesn't update changes, how can I fix this, or how do I run an applet in Java without the browser?

[Eranga]

In FireFox you cannot do that. Each time you do some changes into the Applet you have to close the FF page and reopen. Or else try to clear the cache(Ctrl + F5) and have a try.

You can run an applet on the Applet Viewer as well, without use of FF.

[Zamppa]

I'm not sure if ctrl+f5 works with firefox. I recall encountering cases where it did not do the trick.

However, if you clear the java classloader cache (go to java console and press X) that should do the trick. I usually clear all other parts of cache as well while I'm there if I need to ensure the cache is cleared.

Also, you can use a refresh parameter. It's basically a random number you'll need to generate whenever the page is refreshed and add as parameter to the end of the class file (say, myClass.java?refresh=24756), which causes Firefox (and every other browser I've tested) to consider it a different file than what it has cached.

[Eranga]

Ya, I'm not sure too. That's why I say have a try on it. Normally I'm working on the applet viewer.