There's also a helper method in JOptionPane that returns the heavyweight window (Frame) underlying a component.
JOptionPane.getFrameForComponent(Component) This should allow you to set the Applet (or JApplet) as the owner of the dialog. For instance: new JDialog(JOptionPane.getFrameForComponent(myApplet), "My Title", true); -----Original Message----- From: Marijn H. van der Ploeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 11:27 AM To: Samivelu, Srinivasan; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Setting applet as parent for Jdialog Hi, Your problem is, that Applet (or JApplet for that matter ) extends from Panel in stead of Frame, so you'd probably be best off if you'd create a JFrame, and go from there... HTH cheers, Marijn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samivelu, Srinivasan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 1:11 PM Subject: Setting applet as parent for Jdialog : Dear All, : : I have few problems to be solved in my Applet program. : : 1. I want to set my applet as the owner or parent to the JDialog. I : find there is no constructor to pass the applet as parent to the JDialog. Is : there any workaround to solve this problem. : : 2. In case of JFrame, on using the setIcon(Icon icon) method , the : child dialogs will have the icon set in the frame as icon in the top left of : the dialog therby overrides the standard java cup icon. Is there any : method or workaround to do the same in JApplet. : : Any workaround or solution to the problems would be much : appreciated. : : Thanks in advance for the efforts taken. : wkr, : : Srinivasan Samivelu : Software Development Engineer : : BarcoNet Private Limited. : Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://www.barconet.com : : : : _______________________________________________ : Advanced-swing mailing list : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://eos.dk/mailman/listinfo/advanced-swing : : _______________________________________________ Advanced-swing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://eos.dk/mailman/listinfo/advanced-swing _______________________________________________ Advanced-swing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://eos.dk/mailman/listinfo/advanced-swing