Can Someone tell me why the background is being cleared

Question

Hello. I have a applet that adds a single panel.
I want this panel to paint some stuff at first and then NOT clear itself when it paints again. I have overridden both repaint and update, but the panel continues to clear itself. Here is a portion of the panel code...
public void repaint()
update(getGraphics());
public void update(Graphics g)
{System.out.println("control update");
    paint(g);
public void paint(Graphics g)
{System.out.println("control paint "+ g);
    if(firstTime)
      g.drawImage(GetParameters2.controlPanelImage, 0, 0, 320, 50, this);
      firstTime = false;
else
if(active != null)
if(active.equalsIgnoreCase("Mute"))
g.drawImage(mute[select], 30, 10, 34, 40, this);
active = null;
After the first paint I want it to only repaint the "mute" image over the original image.
Thank you. Duke$$ to anyone who can give me a good answer and a solution that works.

Answer 1

You don't need repaint();
use double buffer to avoid flickering.
search in this forum for _offscreen jef06
paint the first image first and the second after.
use g.setPaintMode();
jvm change only the pixel who has changed.
at the end use
g.dispose();
g.finalize();