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Running XMLmind XML Editor as an applet

Sun/Oracle's “next generation JavaTM plug-in” can be used to run XMLmind XML Editor Professional Edition as an applet. More precisely the requirements for running XMLmind XML Editor as an applet are:

  • A Java runtime version 1.6.0_10 and above.
  • A Web browser supporting the next generation Java plug-in.

    Linux users: please make sure that your Web browser is actually using the next generation Java plug-in, and not the legacy plug-in. In order to check this, please refer to Java Plug-in Configuration Open in a new window.

    Mac users: there is no simple way to run XXE as an applet on Mac OS X. More information in Known problems when XMLmind XML Editor runs as an applet.

  • Both Java and JavaScript must have been enabled in the Web browser.
  • The applet must be signed using a digital certificate.

Important disclaimer

As an applet, XMLmind XML Editor is periodically tested against the most recent releases of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, and this, always with the most recent release of the Java runtime 1.6+.

However, given the fast evolving nature of Web browsers and of Java runtimes, we cannot guarantee that the above requirements are sufficient to successfully run XXE as an applet. Therefore, we strongly recommend interested persons to thoroughly test our applet against their specific Web browser/Java runtime combinations.

This also implies that, for now, XXE cannot be deployed as an applet in working environments where the Web browser/Java runtime combination is not strictly controlled. (This limitation applies only to the applet, not to XXE running as a desktop application or deployed using Java Web Start.)

More information in Known problems when XMLmind XML Editor runs as an applet.

As an applet, XMLmind XML Editor is available in four kinds. Each applet kind is designed to solve a different problem and thus, has a different user interface.

Applet kindScreenshot
(click to enlarge)		Description
viewerXXE viewer applet

A document viewer having no user interface at all except a right-click popup menu.

Run demo Open in a new window. (See requirements.)

editor1XXE editor1 applet

A single document, single view, document editor designed to be part of an HTML form.

When the form is about to be submitted, some JavaScript code is expected to query the applet for the XML source of the document being edited (and also the local image files possibly inserted in the document by the author). This XML source is then passed to the back-end (CGI, servlet, etc) by the means of a hidden form field.

This works because all XMLmind XML Editor applets have a small set of methods specially designed to be scripted using JavaScript.

Run demo Open in a new window. (See requirements.)

editor2XXE editor2 applet

Same single document, single view, document editor, as editor1, except that, unlike editor1, editor2 has a Save button and fully supports Save preferences.

editor2 is designed to be integrated with a server supporting WebDAV, FTP, FTPS or SFTP (in fact, any kind of storage for which a virtual drive plug-in is available).

xxeXXE applet

Full XMLmind XML Editor. Same user interface as the desktop application, except that it has no File|Quit menu item.

Despite the fact that applet kinds have vastly different user interfaces, it is still XMLmind XML Editor. That is, all applet kinds support the same user preferences and the same add-ons as the desktop application.

XMLmind XML Editor is deployed as an applet using deploywebstart, the same command-line tool used to deploy it as a JavaTM Web Start application. Deploying XXE as an applet is as simple as running: deploywebstart -applet applet_kind. Example: deploywebstart -applet editor2. More information in XMLmind XML Editor - Configuration and Deployment.

Licensing

  • User License puts no restrictions on the deployment of XMLmind XML Editor as an applet, except of course, that the number of concurrent users must not exceed the total number of users for which the license fee has been paid.
  • Site License restricts the deployment of XMLmind XML Editor as an applet to machines located at the site of the licensee.
  • Developer License puts no restrictions whatsoever on the deployment of XMLmind XML Editor and, of course, this includes the deployment as an applet.
  • Applet Server License allows to freely deploy XMLmind XML Editor as an applet (but only as an applet, not as a desktop application) provided that the code of the applet is downloaded from the servers for which the license fee has been paid.