# How to make a call to an applet in RoR?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-a-call-to-an-applet-in-ror/159395>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 4, 2009, 6:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-a-call-to-an-applet-in-ror/159395 "2009-02-04T06:57:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![zeba-momin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/8e7dd6/32.png) [@zeba-momin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zeba-momin)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 6:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-a-call-to-an-applet-in-ror/159395/1 "2009-02-04T06:57:04Z")

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Hi…  
I need to call a java applet from my rails application…  
Can anyone please help and tell me…how do I do it???  
Thank you so much…

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**Author:** ![zeba-momin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/8e7dd6/32.png) [@zeba-momin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zeba-momin)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 7:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-a-call-to-an-applet-in-ror/159395/2 "2009-02-04T07:10:02Z")

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What do you mean by call?

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On 04/02/2009, at 4:57 PM, Jeba M. \<rails-mailing-list@andreas-

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**Author:** ![zeba-momin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/8e7dd6/32.png) [@zeba-momin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zeba-momin)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 7:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-a-call-to-an-applet-in-ror/159395/3 "2009-02-04T07:16:53Z")

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Julian L. wrote:

> What do you mean by call?
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> Blog: [http://random8.zenunit.com/](http://random8.zenunit.com/)  
> Learn rails: [http://sensei.zenunit.com/](http://sensei.zenunit.com/)
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> On 04/02/2009, at 4:57 PM, Jeba M. \<rails-mailing-list@andreas-

On the click of a link…I want a java applet to be opened…  
moreover…I want to pass some parameters to this applet…  
Is this possible…  
Thank you…

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**Author:** ![zeba-momin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/8e7dd6/32.png) [@zeba-momin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zeba-momin)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 8:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-a-call-to-an-applet-in-ror/159395/4 "2009-02-04T08:19:42Z")

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Yep. Put the applet into public and reference it like normal.

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On 04/02/2009, at 5:16 PM, Jeba M. \<rails-mailing-list@andreas-

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**Author:** ![zeba-momin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/8e7dd6/32.png) [@zeba-momin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zeba-momin)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 8:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-a-call-to-an-applet-in-ror/159395/5 "2009-02-04T08:28:33Z")

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Julian L. wrote:

> Yep. Put the applet into public and reference it like normal.
> 
> Blog: [http://random8.zenunit.com/](http://random8.zenunit.com/)  
> Learn rails: [http://sensei.zenunit.com/](http://sensei.zenunit.com/)
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> On 04/02/2009, at 5:16 PM, Jeba M. \<rails-mailing-list@andreas-

does that mean…I should use the applet tag from html…and keep my  
applet.class file in the public folder…  
Thanks…

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**Author:** ![zeba-momin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/8e7dd6/32.png) [@zeba-momin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zeba-momin)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 8:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-make-a-call-to-an-applet-in-ror/159395/6 "2009-02-04T08:47:52Z")

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Yep and use \<%= url\_for ‘/something.class’ %\> instead of the path to  
the class.

Blog: [http://random8.zenunit.com/](http://random8.zenunit.com/)  
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On 04/02/2009, at 6:28 PM, Jeba M. \<rails-mailing-list@andreas-