Modal dialog from an applet

[Sylvain]

Hi !

I really need for today an answer to a problem which seems to be simple :
how to open a modal dialog from an applet ?

Before java 1.5, i did it by creating a JDialog with the frame owner :
(Frame)myApplet.getParent(), but this doesn't work anymore ! The cast is now
false (in Internet Explorer 6).

If anybody has an idea, it would be great !!

Thank you all

Best regards

Sylvain Caillet

 

[Andrey Kuznetsov]

how to open a modal dialog from an applet ?

Before java 1.5, i did it by creating a JDialog with the frame owner :
(Frame)myApplet.getParent(), but this doesn't work anymore ! The cast is
now
false (in Internet Explorer 6).

what returns myApplet.getParent().getClass().getName() ?

 

[Paul Hamaker]

Use new JFrame, as shown here :
http://javalessons.com/cgi-bin/fun/java-tutorials-main.cgi?ses=ao789&code=odl&sub=gui

 

[Sylvain]

Thank you Paul but the dialog on the example is not modal in my Intenet
Explorer.

Sylvain

Use new JFrame, as shown here :
http://javalessons.com/cgi-bin/fun/java-tutorials-main.cgi?ses=ao789&code=odl&sub=gui

 

[Sylvain]

Thank you Andrey, here is the information :

myApplet.getParent().getClass().getName() is sun.applet.AppletViewerPanel
and its superclass is sun.applet.AppletPanel.

Sylvain

 

[Thomas Hawtin]

I really need for today an answer to a problem which seems to be simple :
how to open a modal dialog from an applet ?

Before java 1.5, i did it by creating a JDialog with the frame owner :
(Frame)myApplet.getParent(), but this doesn't work anymore ! The cast is now
false (in Internet Explorer 6).

That's a hack and modal dialog boxes are evil.

However, I believe applet.getParent().getParent() will give you the Frame.

Tom Hawtin

 

[Sylvain]

Thank you all. I had a solution for both the AppletViewer and Internet
Explorer. I'm not sure it's ok for firefox.
The solution is to fin the
(Frame)SwingUtilities.getAncestorOfClass(Frame.class, myApplet) and use it
as owner for the dialog.

Sylvain

 

[mgohari]

your clue?

Hi Sylvain,

May you please explaine more about your solution?

Thanks