Connecting to an AS/400 DB with an Applet??

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I receive the following error with my applet 'no suitable driver' I am
using the IBM JDBC driver
Any help would greatly be appreciated...
sample code::

import java.net.URL;
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.sql.*;
import com.ibm.as400.access.*;

// begin the applet ********************************************

public class Dbf extends java.applet.Applet
{

Button DBFConnect = new Button("Connect to AS/400");
TextField QueryField = new TextField(40);
TextArea OutputField = new TextArea(10,95);

Connection con ;

static{
  try{
          Class.forName("com.ibm.as400.access.AS400JDBCDriver");
     }catch(ClassNotFoundException e)
     { e.printStackTrace(); }
} // end static




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