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# appletviewer

Runs applets outside of a web browser.

## Synopsis

appletviewer [options] url...

options

  The command-line options separated by spaces. See Options.

url

  The location of the documents or resources to be displayed. You can specify multiple URLs separated by spaces.

## Description

The `appletviewer` command connects to the documents or resources designated by urls and displays each applet referenced by the documents in its own window. If the documents referred to by urls do not reference any applets with the `OBJECT`, `EMBED`, or `APPLET` tag, then the `appletviewer` command does nothing. For details about the HTML tags that the `appletviewer` command supports, see AppletViewer Tags at
`http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/appletviewertags.html`

The `appletviewer` command requires encoded URLs according to the escaping mechanism defined in RFC2396. Only encoded URLs are supported. However, file names must be unencoded, as specified in RFC2396.

Note: The `appletviewer` command is intended for development purposes only. For more information, see About Sample/Test Applications and Code at
`http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/samples/aboutCodeSamples.html`

## Options

-debug

  Starts the Applet Viewer in the Java debugger with the `jdb` command to debug the applets in the document.

-encoding encoding-name

  Specifies the input HTML file encoding name.

-Jjavaoption

  Passes the string `javaoption` as a single argument to the Java interpreter, which runs the Applet Viewer. The argument should not contain spaces. Multiple argument words must all begin with the prefix `-J`. This is useful for adjusting the compiler's execution environment or memory usage.

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