Article 1682 of comp.lang.java.security: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------48FB238460F6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear All, would I be correct in assuming this is not allowed? My applet is using a ClassLoader to load another applet. getClass().getClassLoader().loadClass(X); Works with JDK1.1 Lee ------------------------------------ Lee M J Stephens - lee@info.bt.co.uk BT Laboratories - (01473) 605531 ------------------------------------ --------------48FB238460F6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="appvapp.java" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="appvapp.java" import java.awt.*; import java.applet.Applet; public class appvapp extends Applet { Applet hw; public void init() { Frame frame = new Frame("AppletV"); frame.resize(300, 200); hw = null; try { ClassLoader classLoader = getClass().getClassLoader(); hw = (Applet)classLoader.loadClass("hw").newInstance(); } catch (Exception e) { System.err.println(e); } if (hw != null) { hw.init(); frame.add(hw); } frame.show(); } public void start() { hw.start(); } } --------------48FB238460F6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="hw.java" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="hw.java" import java.applet.*; import java.awt.*; public class hw extends Applet { public void paint(Graphics g) { g.drawString("Hello, World", 25, 25); } } --------------48FB238460F6--