Can applet close the Web browser window it embedded in?

Question

I know that a link or button in the Web browser can close the browser window. But I really don't if the applet can also do it.

Answer 1

This site does have a search function you know, and if thats too much trouble there is google:
http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Asun.com+%22java+to+javascript%22&ie=UTF-8&hl=nl&lr=
This should point you in the direction of a thing called JSObject
Here is some code since I have this in my archive anyway:
the html file:
     <object classid="clsid:8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93"
              height="0" width="0" >
        <param name="code" value="someApplet.class" />
        <!--[if !IE]> Mozilla/Netscape and its brethren -->
        <object classid="java:someApplet.class"
                height="0" width="0"
                >
        </object>
        <!-- <![endif]-->
      </object>
<LABEL id="lblOutputText">This text is the HTML text </LABEL>the applet:
// new class for jsObject!!!! compile this: javac -classpath "C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_01\lib\plugin.jar" someApplet.java
// since jaws.jar does not exsist anymore
// in 1.4.0 to compile: javac -classpath "C:\j2sdk1.4.0_03\jre\lib\jaws.jar" someApplet.java
import netscape.javascript.*;
public class someApplet extends java.applet.Applet {
    JSObject win;
    public void init() {
         try{
             win = JSObject.getWindow(this);
// you need win.eval("window.close();"); // to close the window. if the current window is not a popup
// opened by a parent with window.open than the user will get a waring, your next question probably will
// be "can I stop this warning" and the answer is simple: NO
             JSObject textBoxLabel = (JSObject) win.eval("document.getElementById('lblOutputText')");
             textBoxLabel.setMember("innerHTML", "<center><h1>Some text</h1></center>");
        }catch(Exception e){
             e.printStackTrace();
}