Using an applet to call another applet

Question

Hi,
I know that some of you may have heard this question many times before from other people, however this is an act of desperation as I have tried searching everywhere in vain for the solution.
How do you call an applet from another applet? I cannot seem to find a solution that works. I have created a simple game using Java applets but I am trying to create a title screen. Since the graphics method calls itself repeatedly, I didn't bother putting the method that drew the main screen into the paint (Graphics g) method. So I have finally decided upon creating a seperate simple applet that would only show the main screen, and when a button is pressed, the game will be played. I have everything except for the "calling an applet" part. So how do I call an applet from another applet? What is the most simple / efficient way that someone with limited technology and understanding of applets can understand?
Thanks a bunch.

Answer 1

Yeah well this was also a bit tough for me.. but well mate.. finally cracked it.. ok here is the explanation and eg:
Suppose there are 2 applets. parent and child.. and respectively they are embeded into 2 seperate html files :
i) parent.html
ii) child.html
The task on our hand is .. when there is an event in the parent.. for eg a mouse-click or a button press.. it loads the child applet automatically.
I will demonstrate this with this example:.. here is an applet .. parent which has a button.. upon button press. it loads the child applet.
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.applet.*;
public class parent extends JApplet implements ActionListener
     JPanel p=new JPanel();
     JButton b=new JButton("Submit");
     public void init()
          b.addActionListener(this);
          p.add(b);
          getContentPane().add(p);
               parent p=new parent();
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
          if (ae.getSource()==b)
          {   //pay attention here
                  AppletContext ac=getAppletContext();
                URL url=getCodeBase();
                try
                             ac.showDocument(new URL(url+"child.html"));
                catch (MalformedURLException e)
               showStatus("URL not found");
}Well.. i am sure you can code the html :)