I just gave the savetoweb stuff a shot, and I couldn't get that to work either. Anyone have any tips on how I can fix this?

Thanks for the links, PhiLho. My first reaction to this problem was originally "cookie!", but I was having trouble finding some good documentation. The link you provided was great, and I've got something up and running as seen below. Here's my next question, however. I've never used JSObjects before. If I'm going to be saving preferences for multiple users, should I create multiple JSObjects, or should I just keep adding cookies to my original JSObject via the setMember() function?

Code:

import netscape.javascript.*;

void setup(){
  size(100,100);
  JSObject myBrowser = JSObject.getWindow(this);
  JSObject myDocument = (JSObject)myBrowser.getMember("document");
  myDocument.setMember("cookie", "username");
  getCookie();
}

void draw(){
  
}

String getCookie(){
  try{
    JSObject myBrowser = (JSObject)JSObject.getWindow(this);
    JSObject myDocument = (JSObject)myBrowser.getMember("document");
    String myCookie = (String)myDocument.getMember("cookie");
    if (myCookie.length() > 0){
      println("my cookie = "+myCookie);
      return myCookie;
    }
  }
  catch (Exception e){
    e.printStackTrace();
  }
  return "?";
}

String getCookie(String name){
  String myCookie = getCookie();
  String search = name + "=";
  if(myCookie.length() > 0){
    int offset = myCookie.indexOf(search);
    if(offset != 1){
      offset += search.length();
      int end = myCookie.indexOf(";", offset);
      if(end == -1) end = myCookie.length();
      println("my cookie = "+myCookie.substring(offset,end));
      return myCookie.substring(offset,end);
    }
    else {
      println("Did not find cookie: "+name);
    }
  }
  return "";
}
 

OK...next question, then.   This is a public app that anyone using any browser can access. So! Does this mean that there will be multiple JSObjects for each browser that's used, but that everyone using the same browser will have their data located in the same JSObject?

So in other words, as I'm thinking through how to access everyone's data on later visits, I would basically test for which browser the user is on, then load up the corresponding JSObject? Then, since I have a login screen already up and running, I'm thinking I would save each username as the cookie name, and their password as the cookie data. So once I get their username and password strings, I would use the getCookie(String _name) method below to call up the cookie with their name on it, then test to see if their password matches the cookie data. Does that sound right?

You're right. I'm an idiot. I didn't think through this whole thing before I replied. I forgot cookies are individual files stored on the local machine of THE USER. I was assuming that all of this would be stored in a server file, instead of as part of individual applet instances on each user's local machine. So really (as you've already stated) there should be no need for a user login...each user's preferences should just be loaded automatically.

I think I should be good to go now. Thanks for your help (as always   ) PhiLho...