Update Java Applet for the User

Question

I am having a hard time figuring out a way to update my applet without having the user going through the hassle of updating their java version. Is there a way to do this? The following the is the applet I am using:

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<td height="34" colspan="2"><div align="left"><span class="mission style16"><span class="style21">
    <applet code="NCMECbanner.class" codebase="http://banner.missingkids.com/java/" align="baseline" hspace="8" width="342" height="128">
    </applet>
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Answer 1

That way would be Java Web Start. It provides 'auto-update' out of the box, but also allows apps. to take programmatic control of updates.