In Navigator 3.0, JavaScript can communicate with Java in a very
full-featured way through LiveConnect. Internet Explorer 3.0 does
not support LiveConnect, and future versions of this browser
probably won't either. Instead, IE 3.0 allows JavaScript programs
to treat applets as ActiveX objects, and read and write fields and
invoke methods of those applets. Note however that IE 3.0 does
not suport the applets[] array of the Document
object--applets must be referred to by name. Also, note that IE
3.0 mechanism for communication with Java is not nearly so
full-featured as LiveConnect. See
Chapter 19, LiveConnect: JavaScript and Java for details.
