Is it possible to ensure separate Java environments for applets when spawning a new browser window?

Question

I am trying to solve a problem where 2 different web pages have signed applets which seem to be causing problems for each other. The first page contains an applet which spawns a new browser window and sets the URL to the second page. Something like this...

cmd /c start iexplore.exe page2.html

Some tracing infomation suggests that the two applets are sharing the same heap and this might be causing the problems.

Is there any way to ensure a complete separation?

Answer 1

See the Separate_VM param.

A boolean parameter specifying that a particular applet should run in its own JVM instance. This supports certain powerful desktop applets which can not tolerate any interference from other applets running in the same JVM and potentially consuming heap space or other resources.