187729 - Java applet fails to recognize passwords

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect)

Description

[jcoppens]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.3b) Gecko/20030102
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.3b) Gecko/20030102

The applet on the above page fails to grant access to the download files.
Netscape 4.77 with the Java plugin functions ok. I've never been able to get it
working with Mozilla

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual Results:  
The dropdown menu doesn't get enabled

Expected Results:  
Dropdown should appear with the files to download.

If a developper wants to communicate with me to test, please do so.

Comment 1

[Kenneth Herron]

I'm using linux nightly 2003010404 with Sun java 1.4.1_01. The dropdown menu
that starts out set to "Elija un servicio" works fine for me. I can select other
items from this dropdown.

There's a rectangle below this dropdown which is apparently another control. Its
border highlights when I click on it, but it never does anything else.

Finally there's what looks to be a grayed out button labelled "Descergar"(?).
This button stays inactive no matter what I do.

I launched the applet via appletviewer ("appletviewer
http://www.alfabeta.net/descargar.xtp") and it behaved the exact same way. This
suggests that any faults are in the applet or in java, rather than in mozilla.

Jcoppens, it's not clear from your report exactly what behavior you're talking
about. The dropdown itself works fine. Please review the Bug Writing Guidelines
at <http://www.mozilla.org/quality/bug-writing-guidelines.html> to see the kinds
of information we need in a bug report. Please report back with more information
, i.e. the exact steps to reproduce this and what you expected to happen at each
step, after reading those guidelines. Also, please keep in mind that any
behavior that can be reproduced in appletviewer isn't a mozilla bug.

Comment 2

[Kenneth Herron]

Jcoppens, can you add anything to this bug report? As noted in the previous
comment, the applet works for me identically in mozilla and in appletviewer. 

Netscape 4 uses a private copy of java 1.1.x; it seems likely that the problems
you note are due to bugs in the applet or differences in the two copies of java,
rather than problems in mozilla.

Comment 3

[jcoppens]

Hi Kenneth
Yes - I'm fairly certain now that the problem is actually in the Java part. It
did work with Netscape 4.77 (still does) but not with Mozilla.
Here are steps to get to the point of the problem:
Go to:
http://www.alfabeta.net/descargar.xtp
(Descargar is download in English)
The Applet starts correctly - the gray area in the middle of the screen, with
the dropdown 'eliga un servicio'. (Select a service). Once the password and
username is entered, this dropdown should show an option to download. This is
already preloaded in the applet, as no communication with the host is done while
or after entering the password/username. (If you like, I'd can communicate
privately for testing)

It seems that this really is a Java problem. I've noticed that on some other
sites I also have problems with Java, like the NASA J-track site at:
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/realtime/JTrack/NOAA.html
The applet doesn't react on clicking a satellite there. I'm not sure if it's
related...
Could you indicate where to file a bug report for the java specialists?

Thanks!

John

Comment 4

[jcoppens]

Just one more observation - the problem seems to be communication between the
user and the applet. Could this still be a problem of the interface between
Mozilla and the applet itself? If so - is it on the Mozilla side or on the Java
side?

John

Comment 5

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