how would I host an applet within a java application?

Question

I have a couple of java applets that connect to a server. I am going to convert one of the applets to an application. I would like to be able to host the second applet within the application.

Answer 1

As long as the applet does not use the AppletContext to do browser-related things, e.g. call the AppletContext.showDocument() or showStatus() methods, then you should be able to use the applet like any Panel (or JPanel if it is a JApplet). You just have to call the appropriate methods that the browser/plugin would call, i.e. init(), start(), stop(), destroy().