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Question

Hi All,
I have this applet, but need to place this LED display in an application? Any ideas?
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.net.*;
* A simple LED Display
*<table border=2><tr><td>
* <APPLET CODE=LedDisplay.class WIDTH=513 HEIGHT=23>
* <param name="text" value="put_the_text_here">
* </APPLET>
*</td></tr></table>
* @version 1.0 - September 26th 1997
* @author Leonardo Boselli - [email protected]
public class LedDisplay extends Applet implements Runnable {   // Runnable is to do with the threads
public static final byte[][] c = {
{126,9,9,9,126},{65,127,73,73,54},{62,65,65,65,34},
{65,127,65,65,62},{127,73,73,65,65},{127,9,9,1,1,1},
{62,65,65,73,58},{127,8,8,8,127},{0,65,127,65,0},
{32,64,65,63,1},{127,8,20,34,65},
{127,64,64,64,64},{127,2,12,2,127},{127,4,8,16,127},
{62,65,65,65,62},{127,9,9,9,6},{62,65,81,33,94},
{127,9,25,41,70},{38,73,73,73,50},{1,1,127,1,1}, //some array of bytes, but what for?
{63,64,64,64,63},{7,24,96,24,7},{127,32,24,32,127},
{99,20,8,20,99},{7,8,120,8,7},{97,81,73,69,67},
{62,81,73,69,62},{0,66,127,64,0},{98,81,81,73,70},
{34,65,73,73,54},{24,20,18,127,16},{39,69,69,69,57},
{60,74,73,73,49},{1,113,9,5,3},{54,73,73,73,54},
{70,73,73,41,30},{0,96,96,0,0},{0,0,0,0,0},{0,8,8,8,0},
private int w, h; //used for width and height down a bit
private static final Color b = new Color(255,128,0);
private static final Color f = new Color(255,255,128);
private Thread t;                                                       //main thread
private String s;
private Image o;
public void init() {
w = size().width;
h = size().height;
s = getParameter("text");
o = createImage(w,h);
Graphics g = o.getGraphics();                              //send the graphics to the object?
g.setColor(Color.black);
g.fillRect(0,0,w,h);                                        //size of LED display
for(int ct = 0; ct < h; ct += 2) {                    //while less than height
g.setColor(b);
g.drawLine(1,ct+1,1,ct+1);                                   //draw dot as LEDs
for(int ct = 2; ct < w; ct *= 2) {
g.copyArea(0,0,ct,h,ct,0);
g.dispose();
public void start() {
if(t == null) {
t = new Thread(this);
t.start();
public void stop() {
t.stop();
t = null;
public void run() {
while(true) {
int ch = 0, ctch = 0, p = 4;
for(int ct = s.length() * 6; ct > 0; ct--) {
long time = System.currentTimeMillis();
Graphics g = o.getGraphics();
     g.copyArea(0,0,w,h,-2,0);
if(p++ >= 4) {
     for(int ct1 = 0; ct1 < 7; ct1 += 1) {
     g.setColor(b);
     g.drawLine(w-2,ct1*2+5,w-2,ct1*2+5);
p = -1;
if(ctch < s.length()) {
     ch = conv(s.charAt(ctch++));
} else {
ch = c.length - 2;
} else {
     for(int ct1 = 0; ct1 < 7; ct1 += 1) {
     g.setColor(((c[ch][p] & (1<<ct1)) != 0)? f: b);
     g.drawLine(w-2,ct1*2+5,w-2,ct1*2+5);
g.dispose();
g = getGraphics();
g.drawImage(o,0,0,this);
g.dispose();
time = 50 - System.currentTimeMillis() + time;
if(time > 0) {
     try {
     Thread.sleep(time);
} catch(Exception e) {
public void update(Graphics g) {
g.drawImage(o,0,0,this);
g.dispose();
public void paint(Graphics g) {
update(g);
public boolean mouseEnter(Event e, int x, int y) {
showStatus(getAppletInfo()+" - Click for TETRACTYS Freeware.");
return true;
public boolean mouseExit(Event e, int x, int y) {
showStatus("");
return true;
public boolean mouseDown(Event e, int x, int y) {
try {
getAppletContext().showDocument(
new URL("http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/3015/"),"_top"
} catch(Exception exc) {
return true;
public String getAppletInfo() {
return "LedDisplay 1.0 (c) 1997 L.Boselli - [email protected]";
int conv(char ch) {
if(ch >= 'A' && ch <= 'Z') {
return ch - 'A';
} else if(ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') {
return ch - '0' + 26;
} else {
switch(ch) {
case '.': return c.length-3;
case ' ': return c.length-2;
default: return c.length-1;
}

Answer 1

Create a main method for the class, similar to this.
public static void main(String args[]) {
    Frame myFrame = new Frame("My frame");
    LEDApplet la = new LEDApplet();
    myFrame.add(la);
    myFrame.setVisible(true);
    la.init();
    la.start();
}and fix any errors possibly caused by my typos.