README.TXT file for Java ToDoList applet and application.

This simple program is based on the IBM Visual Age for Java sample of the same name.

I have modified the example to also run as an application, since the "raw" behaviour of applets is that they are not signed or trusted, and this limitation means they cannot "run outside the sandbox" (read or write files).  

For the sake of simplicity, the .html file I have provided references a signed .jar.  However, you will see a message indicating that "the .jar file was issued by a company that is not trusted". 

I hereby vouch for the contents of my .jar file, providing that it is not (has not been) tampered with.  The MD5 checksum of the .jar file is provided separately in a file called md5sum.txt.

All the files I have provided are contained in the file ToDoList.zip.  These are:

	todo.bat 	- a Windows command file showing how to run the applet.
			  (This assumes that PATH and cLASSPATH are set up in the 
				required way).

	ToDoList.html 	- HTML to invoke the applet.

	ToDoList.jar 	- signed .jar file containing the package (see below).

	todolist.txt 	- example list file. 

	README.TXT 	- this file.


ToDoList.jar contains:
	
	ToDoList.java 	- source code.

	todolist package, containing the following classes:

		todolist/ToDoList$IvjEventHandler.class

		todolist/ToDoList.class 

	
NOTE:	If you invoke the applet (by loading ToDoList.html into your browser), the program will not load the file ToDoList.txt unless it already exists.  

	On Windows 2000, the applet writes to c:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Desktop.


Enjoy!


Michael Cook
Skyline Services Inc.
mcook@skyprod.com

2001-01-07.