Java Plugin Console Bug???

Question

I am not sure this is a bug, which is why I wanted to ask before I posted it. We have an applet that runs over the weekend, and on Monday morning is has died. The reason is the logging done to the console fills it up. Here is an example that will kill it quickly...
public class TestApplet extends JApplet {
    public void start() {
        Timer timer = new Timer();
        timer.schedual( new TimerTask() {
            public void run() {
                for( int i = 0; i < 10000; ++i )
                    System.out.println("Logging Info");
        }, 0, 10);
}I would not think that this would kill the web browser, but it does.
I'm using Java 5.0.4 and Windows XP SP1.
Is this a bug, or has this always behaved like this.

Answer 1

On Windows at least, go to the Control Panel and click on the icon for the specific JRE you are trying to configure. In JRE 1.3, on the Basic tab there is checkbox for Show Java Console. If this box is checked, the console will pop-up when started. If it's not checked the Java System tray icon will appear only and you can access the console by doubling clicking on it.