Deploying InterClient Programs as Applets

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InterClient programs can be implemented as Java applets that are downloaded over the Internet as part of an HTML web page.

An InterClient applet uses JDBC to provide access to a remote InterBase server in the following manner:

1. A user accesses the HTML page on which the InterClient applet resides.

2. The applet bytecode is downloaded to the client machine from the Web server.

3. The applet code executes on the client machine, downloading the InterClient package (that is, the InterClient classes and the InterClient driver) from the Web server.

4. The InterClient driver communicates with the InterBase server, which executes SQL statements and returns the results to the user running the InterClient applet.

5. When the applet is finished executing, the applet itself and the InterClient driver and classes disappear from the client machine.

Topics

• Required Software for Applets
• Pros and Cons of Applet Deployment