How can destroy Java Plug - in when i jump to another page without Applet

Question

When I jump to another HTML page, that not include <Applet> </Applet> tag, the Java Plug-in does not exit and use system's resource. I don't want it make my computer run slow then I want sutdown the Java Plug-in when I stop the page, that have an Applet.

Answer 1

Hi dekassequi:
Sorry if I misunderstood the problem......I've never tried swing set because it requires the JVM plugin. All my applets are non-swing and I've noticed that frequently when I exited the browser, it would be stuck in a never-never land requiring ALT-CTRL-DEL to end the browser's task. By overriding the destroy a the call to system.exit seems to have solved my problem -- if there is any error message in the system console, it is not noticeable because it disappeared instantenousely when the browser's own JVM is used.... Besides, destroy is the last thing an applet does anyway....without looking at Java source code, I can only surmise that that's what it does
As a matter of fact, I've just tried to write some stupid swing applet but I've noticed that one cannot really script an applet that requires a Sun JVM. Here is a link, perhaps you can take a quick look and see if I'm doing something wrong.
http://home.attbi.com/~aokabc/test/test2.htm
BTW, I did notice late last night that overriding the destroy method in an applet that requires a JVM plugin does give an error message in the system console which takes a bit longer to close but you know what, at least it got rid of the console afterward -- otherwise, the console just sit in the tray and ALT-CTRL-DEL can't even get rid of it. In the mean time, I'll simply remove the system.exist(0) and leave a skeleton destroy method and see if the JVM console still sit in the system tray.
Regards,
V.V.