JPasswordField is not visible in applet

Question

Hi there,
I've written this program to display some images with a copyright word layered on top of the original image. SO when you enter the correct password the copyright image will disappear.
Problem is if I were to use the JPasswordField the fieldbox wouldn't appear although it is there(need to click on it blindly and if you're lucky you hit the box and you can see just a black outline of it). If I were to use JTextField it will appear like a nice normal textfield. Both works fine and the only thing is I can't see the JPasswordField box even though it is there!
There is no error during compilation or runtime. I've attached a very simplified code of the portion that shows what I'm trying to explain.
// Start of sample code
import java.applet.Applet;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class Test extends Applet{
     private JPasswordField passwordField;
     public void init() {
               passwordField = new JPasswordField(10);
               add(passwordField);
     public void paint(Graphics g) {}
// End of sample code
I need the Graphics component and I am not using Containers(or I'm not allowed too rather). Would appreciate if someone out there can rid me of this misery....
Cheers!
zyfy.

Answer 1

You are mixing AWTand Swing. Use Japplet instead of Appet or see here
http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/tsc/articles/mixing/index.html