How can I embed a Java applet dynamically with Javascript?

Question

I want to be able to insert a Java applet into a web page dynamically using a Javascript function that is called when a button is pressed. (Loading the applet on page load

Answer 1

I would have suggested doing something like what you're doing; so I'm baffled as to why it's not working.

Here's a document that looks pretty authoritative, coming from the horse's mouth as it were. It mentions the idiosyncrasies of different browsers. You may end up needing to do different tag soups for different implementations.

But maybe there's something magic about applet/object tags that keeps them from being processed if inserted dynamically. Having no more qualified advice, I have a crazy workaround to offer you: Howzabout you present the applet on a different page, and dynamically create an IFRAME to show that page in the space your applet should occupy? IFRAMEs are a bit more consistent in syntax across browsers, and I'd be surprised if they were to fail the same way.

Maybe you should use your browser's debugging tools to look at the DOM after you swap in your applet node. Maybe it's not appearing where you think it is, or not with the structure you think you're creating. Your code looks OK to me but I'm not very experienced with dynamic applets.