A non-modal, but "always on top" JDialog

Question

Hi everyone,
In an applet I am creating, I need to create a non-modal JDialog which stays on top whenever its open. The reason this JDialog is required to be non-modal is that I need the main applet window to be able to react to events and reflect changes in the non-modal JDialog.
I was wondering how this can be achieved.
To summarize the problem:
How can you have a JDialog whose modal property is "false", but stays on top of the applet window.
This problem has been bugging me for quite a while now, so any pointers will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Alan

Answer 1

Here is how you do it in an applet (as opposed to JApplet):
* Browser sniffer *
      boolean isNN4=false,isNN6=false,isIE=false;
      Frame F;
      JSObject window=JSObject.getWindow(this);
      JSObject document=(JSObject)window.getMember("document");
      String tmp=document.getMember("all").toString();
      if (tmp.equals("undefined")) {
         tmp=document.getMember("getElementById").toString();
         if (tmp.equals("undefined")) isNN4=true;       // Netscape Navigator 4
         else isNN6=true;                               // Netscape Navigator 6
      } else isIE=true;                                 // MS Internet Explorer
      if (isIE) {
         F=new Frame();
      } else F=(Frame)getParent();
now you have a frame for use with the Dialog (not JDialog) method
...Just add the code shown above in the init method of your applet.
Good Luck!
;o)
V.V.