---
name: "appletviewer-openjdk8"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "jdk8-openjdk"
version: "8.504.u01-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/appletviewer-openjdk8"
---

# appletviewer-openjdk8(1)

Runs applets outside of a web browser.

## NAME

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.

- \-J*javaoption*

  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.