Multi-window program

Question

What I would like to do is have a program with a button that opens another window, that is independent of the window that opened it. I would also like to be able to , in some cases, close the previous window, so that the only part of the program running is the newly opened window.
Ive actually created a button, which creates a new frame, then adds a class (AWT GUI) to that frame, but when I close the new window down the new window also closes. Im I doing this right? The windows are not dialogue type boxes by the way, they are main windows containing many components. Any help appreciated.

Answer 1

Thankyou CrimsonKain for your post. I have now got the jist of it. I tried a more complex example with a java program I created ages ago, which has a paint() method. I assumed that because the class was extending the Frame class, I had to put a panel inside the frame to hold the components I needed. The only problem is that the paint methods aren't working, so perhaps someone could help me out with this. I have included the source files below:
---------ChangingFace.java-------------
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
class ChangingFace extends Frame implements ActionListener
    private boolean isHappy = true;
    private Button smileyFaceButton = new Button("Open SmileyFace");
    private Button happyButton = new Button("Smile");
    private Button sadButton = new Button("Frown");
    private Panel panel = new Panel();
    public ChangingFace()   
         super ("First Frame");
         panel.add(happyButton);
        panel.add(sadButton);
        panel.add(smileyFaceButton);
        this.add(panel);
        happyButton.addActionListener(this);
        sadButton.addActionListener(this);
        smileyFaceButton.addActionListener(this);
        setBounds(0,0,300,300);
        show();
        addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
             public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we)
                  dispose();
    } //end Constructor
    public void paint(Graphics g)   
         g.setColor(Color.red);
        g.drawOval(85,95,75,75);
        g.setColor(Color.blue);
        g.drawOval(100,115,10,10);
        g.drawOval(135,115,10,10);
        g.drawString("Changing Face", 80,205);
        if(isHappy == true)       
             g.drawArc(102,135,40,25,0,-180);
        else       
             g.drawArc(102,135,40,25,0,180);
        } // end if
    }// end paint
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)   
         if(e.getSource() == happyButton)    
              isHappy = true;
            repaint();
        }//end if
        if(e.getSource() == sadButton)    
             isHappy = false;
            repaint();
        } //end if
        if(e.getSource() == smileyFaceButton)
             SmileyFace myface = new SmileyFace();
    } // end actionPerfomed
    public static void main (String [] args)
         ChangingFace ch = new ChangingFace();
} //end class ChangingFace---------SmileyFace.java-------------
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
class SmileyFace extends Frame implements ActionListener
     private Button close = new Button("Dispose");
     public SmileyFace()
          super ("Second Frame");
         add(close);
        close.addActionListener(this);
        setBounds(300,0,300,300);
        show();
        addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
             public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we)
                  dispose();
   public void paint(Graphics g)
      g.setColor(Color.red);
      g.drawOval(85,45,75,75); // the face
      g.setColor(Color.blue);
      g.fillOval(100,65,10,10); // the right eye
      g.drawOval(135,65,10,10); // the left eye
      g.drawArc(102,85,40,25,-0,-180); // the mouth
      g.drawString("Smiley Face",90,155);
   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)   
          if(e.getSource() == close)    
                 dispose();
      } //end if
   } // end actionPerfomed
}If someone culd just help me get all of the components in the source, especially the paint() method!