Free draw using Mouse & Save it???

Hi
I have an applet code using which we can free draw using mouse. Say you can sign or draw anything on screen in the space given. Now, How do I store it as an image. IF not as an image, are there any other way to store the image drawn using the mouse.

Are you not drawing to an image anyway? If you don't then all your work will be lost if you minimize and restore the window.
On creating your canvas component obtain an image via JComponent.createImage(). When drawing with the mouse, draw to a Graphics object which is obtained from that image via Image.getGraphics(). Then in your paintComponent() method, paint that image to the on-screen Graphics object.

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