Applet sudoku

Question

Hello, I was wondering if anyone can help me. I am designing a sudoku game for a project in uni and im struggling to use applets. The difficulty im having now is that i have paint drawing each small grid(as a colored area in the background), but I am using a for loop to create each individual jtextfield for input and within paint it causes issues. Is their a way I can create the painted background for the smaller grids and then add the jtextfields over this outside of paint?
Also any links for good applet tutorials welcome,
cheers in advance
MM

Answer 1

ok, im lost again:)
This is the code i have to give you an idea what im attempting to do, is this the completely wrong way to do this?
public class sudoku extends Applet {
        int row[];
        int column[];
        JTextField game[][];
        JTextField f;
        JTextField n;
        JButton start;
     public void init() {          
          game=new JTextField[9][9];
     public void paint(Graphics g)
          super.paint(g);
          g.setColor(new Color(185, 220, 250));
          g.fillRect(0,0,115,115);
          g.fillRect(235,0,115,115);
          g.fillRect(115,115,120,120);
          g.fillRect(0,235,115,115);
          g.fillRect(235,235,115,115);
          g.setColor(new Color(127, 203, 250));
          g.fillRect(115,0,120,115);
          g.fillRect(0,115,115,120);
          g.fillRect(235,115,115,120);
          g.fillRect(115,235,120,115);
          setLayout(null);
          int row=5;
          int col=5;
          int watcher=0;
          for(int i=0; i<game.length;i++)
               for(int j=0; j<game.length; j++)
                    if(watcher==8)
                         game[i][j]=new JTextField(""+ Integer.toString(i) +""+ Integer.toString(j) +"");
                         game[i][j].setBounds(row,col,20,20);
                         add(game[i][j]);
                         row=5;
                         col=col+40;
                         watcher=0;
                         System.out.println(" watcher equal 9 "+watcher+" i="+i+" j="+j+" row="+row+" col="+col);
                    else
                         game[i][j]=new JTextField();
                         game[i][j].setBounds(row,col,20,20);
                         add(game[i][j]);
                         row=row+40;
                         watcher++;
                         //System.out.println(" watcher not equal 9 "+watcher+" i="+i+" j="+j+" row="+row+" col="+col);
                         //System.out.println("minigrid   =" +minigrid(i,j));
     start=new JButton("Start");
     start.setBounds(1,370,100,30);
     add(start);
     }Thanks again all!!!
MM