Applets vs web application

[bilal_hobnail]

hi.........can anybody explain me...........cuz this question is asked me in interview..........

what is difference b/w applets and web Application?

but i little bit know applets are small application.................if any explain me better i will appreciate...........

[Webuser]

Hmmm....
Applet is a quite limited app unless it is signed. It has it's own tools to cooperate with browser (openDocument etc)
(jnlp based applet) is based on JNLP and there are some different tools to cooperate with browser some like BasicService etc
JWS app as limited as an applet... In some way the difference is online or offline running ability...
Report if that helped )

[rgholami]

What are the steps to sign an applet to access local files (read or write). My applet runs on Applet Viwer in NetBeans 6.5. but gives "denied access permission read" using in an HTML format on IE 6 browser.

I appreciate all the helps to make this applet signing works. Ron.