Java Garage

A Few Applet Tricks

Here are a few neat things that you can do within your applet, including some that might be downright necessary.

Showing a Message in the Browser's Status Bar

The status bar of the browser typically will display messages in the bottom-left corner. This feature is so retro mid-90s, it is impossible to resist.

applet.showStatus("All your base are belong to us. Ha ha ha");

Nuff said.

Making the Browser Visit a URL

You can redirect the browser using the showDocument() method, like this:

try {
        URL url = new URL(getDocumentBase(),
        "http://www.example.com/some.jsp");
        applet.getAppletContext().showDocument(url);
     } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
//deal
     }

Passing Parameters into Applets

You can pass a parameter into an applet ...