Closing an Applet

Question

I want to close an applet at the click of a button.
After adding the listener, the code looks like:
privte void jButton1MouseClicked (java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
stop();
Does not work. Neither with destroy() instead of stop(), nor with both.
How do I close an applet?
Thanks, everybody

Answer 1

public void stop()
You need to overide the method, which suspends the applets' thread execution.
public final void stop(Throwable obj);
Abruptly terminates execution of the thread.
The argument, if specified, is an exception that the thread throws.
If no argument is specified, stop() generates a ThreadDeath exception.
This call, interrupts the thread in the middle of whatever it is doing.
public final void stop()throws SecurityException;
This call, stops all threads in the group.
With running Threads with start(), stop() and run(), you have to redefine your class ie:
public class MyAppletClass extends java.applet.Applet
implements Runnable {
Thread runner;
     public void start() {
     if (runner == null) {
          runner = newThread(this);
          runner.start();
          public void run() {
          // your applet does something here
     public void stop() {
if (runner != null) {
runner.stop();
runner = null;
regards,