Setting the textual messages

There are three messages that ImageSafe uses in certain circumstances. These messages are always displayed in the top left corner of the image space and always in the color red. All of them can be blank. The messages are intially set to defaults but can be set to any string you can type.

The expired message

If the view-by date is passed then this message is displayed instead of the image.

The access denied message

This is the generic message displayed if the applet doesn't allow the image to be viewed.

The wrong Java version message

ImageSafe applets require the browser to have a Java version 1.1 virtual machine in order to run and this is present in Netscape 4.06 or better, or alternatively any MS Internet Explorer 4.0 browser or better. When the applet tries to run the first thing it does is look at the version of VM that's running it. If it detects a version less then 1.1 it ceases to run, the image isn't displayed and the wrong java version message is displayed. Again this can be set to any message you can type.