Thx for the answer ...

When I try to connect to the server, which is launched from the same PC (localhost) and is listening for incoming connections I got the folloqing error ... do u have any clou?  

java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.lang.RuntimePermission exitVM)
       at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:272)
       at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:399)
       at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:545)
       at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkExit(SecurityManager.java:765)
       at java.lang.Runtime.exit(Runtime.java:91)
       at java.lang.System.exit(System.java:701)
       at MoveWatcher.run(MoveWatcher.java:87)

Sorry for bothering u guys but do not know how to solve the problem ...   :-/

That's the question: how can two applets talk to each other. The two applets are on different clients, I have a server and the clients have an open socket with the server with whom they talk. There is a different thread for every client.

BUT NOW ... how can the server send information arriving from one applet to the other ?  

TIA for any reply.

Hi there,
I'm quite new to java and just started to experiment. Now I decided to write an game applet. This should be a two player game (as chess for example) each one sitting in front of a PC with a connection to the server.

I thought first that I should use sockets ... but then I read that using sockets with applets isnt' appropriate ... Now I'm a little bit confused how I should write the networking part of the game. Waiting for some advise. TIA