b> does anyone know anything about multipart/form-data? : : so people
b> can upload  files to an ftp  client through your webpage, example: a
b> graphic business  needs to receive files  through their website  from
b> customers and have their files go to the graphic companies ftp site

hummm whats wrong with php?

If are sending via form data anyway, whats wrong with using CGI or
PHP to take the post data to the directory of the ftp client?

you can use Java for cgi i believe, stdout is sent to http.

applets tend not to interact with the server or the client, they're
pretty much stand alone.