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Message: <blockquote data-quote="InkwellIdeas" data-source="post: 4669443" data-attributes="member: 26988">I actually don't know how to do that.  I've asked on a Java message board and I'll let you know the answer when I see it.Treebore's explanation is almost right, but let me clarify.  The certificate is needed because Java won't let an applet save a file or do some other things (like load graphics from another web site, which the coat of arms program does for the symbols and creatures) unless the program is signed.The prompt occurs because I signed the program with my own certificate.  A real certificate should be signed by a trusted 3rd party.  Your browser and/or Java has a list of these third parties and I would go to one of them, pay a fee and they would confirm I am who I say I am and give me a certificate signed by them.  Then I could sign my program with the certificate from the third party and your browser wouldn't prompt you because I'm saying I am X, the third party we both trust says I'm X.  This is designed to prevent a criminal type from saying download and run this program because "I" am Microsoft (or whoever) even though "I" is somebody who has a program to do bad things.Working with a trusted certificate authority is something I should do, but I haven't been able to justify it yet.  Also, some experts see flaws in this practice, mostly from a "social engineering" perspective.</blockquote>