Agamemnon wrote:Is there a way to make an aim client in a java applet? Also, is there a way to have a java applet connect to another server through ftp? Any help I could have would be greatly appreciated. Thx

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Yup.
You might want to look at the following basic packages:
java.net , java.io
Look up on socket and io programming
InputStreamReader,OuputStreamWriter
InputStream and OutputStream
FileInputStream and FileOutputStream for ftp including Serialization
You also need to have a look at the rfc of ftp protocol as well for building an ftp client -
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc959.htmlFile choosing have a go at JFileChooser

Erm hope that helps fer ya .. if need more than let me know erm .. when I'm ard :p