title: Read and write files in an applet
body: <p>I was in the process of turning my jar that reads and writes files into an applet. It displays properly until I add in the read and write function. Then Firefox just shows a black box (no error popups).</p>
  
  <p>I have done a lot of research and it seems in order to get it to work I need to have the applet signed and then it will ask the user for permission, however I also read that I can't make an applet write files and it must be server side.</p>
  
  <p>So my question is can I make an applet read and write files without sever side scripting?
  and if so how do I get my applet signed (I read some tutorials but I'm kinda new to this).</p>