209652 - Java AppletContext.showDocument() does nothing

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Core Graveyard :: Java: OJI, defect)

Description

[Tilo Kienitz]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030616
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030616

This line of code displays the given URL in Mozilla 1.1, Netscape 6.2
with Java plug-in version 1.4.1_01. 

applet.getAppletContext().showDocument(new java.net.URL("file:///d:/abc.html"));

In the newest Mozilla (nightly build of today) and in the release candidat 1
it just does nothing. If "file://" is replaced by "http://" then it works.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Write a test applet.
2. Include this line applet.getAppletContext().showDocument(new
java.net.URL("file:///d:/abc.html"));
3. run the applet in Mozilla

Actual Results:  
The applet is still running.

Expected Results:  
Show the given URL in the main window

Comment 1

[Peter Lubczynski]

-->OJI

Comment 2

[Denis Apparicio]

Whith this configuration, windows 2000, Java plug-in version 1.4.2 and mozilla
1.3 this bug doesn't appear. This bug appears whith mozilla 1.4 and 1.5b.

You can verify this at http://denis.apparicio.free.fr/mozilla/index.htm

Comment 3

[Alexander Grzesik]

We tried this for several combinations on Windows 2000. This bug appears in Java
1.3.1, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5Beta and with Mozilla Versions 1.6 and 1.7rc1 and
FireFox 0.8
This is very unpleasant bug, as we are now required to use IE for full
functionality of our Applets.

Comment 4

[Alexander Grzesik]

I tested a little more and found out this is not a bug but a feature :-)

I recognized a Security Error in the JavaScript console and found the following
in the release notes of mozilla:

For security reasons, Mozilla does not allow web content to link to local files.
An error like:Security Error: Content at url may not load or link to
file:///something will appear in the javascript console. If you need to follow
links to local paths it is recommended that you drag the link to the location
bar and then drop it on the webpage. If you really don't like the security check
and are willing to risk all files on your system and that your system can access
then you may add the following line to user.js in your personal profile
directory. user_pref("security.checkloaduri", false); (Bug 84128)

If setting this property to false the file-protocol works as intended.

Comment 5

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

This bug has had no comments for a long time. Statistically, we have found that
bug reports that have not been confirmed by a second user after three months are
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Comment 6

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.