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Thread: PApplet question

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    Default PApplet question

    Hello, in this example I have two applets which I'm running as a Java Application. This might sound silly but how can I close one of the windows so that the other one remains open? because every time I close it my program just ends.

    Normally, if I were using an ordinary frame I would write "myFrame.setVisible(false);" but I don't know how to do that with applets. On the PApplet webpage it says that 'set'Visible()' is inherited from java.awt.Component. Problem is, I just don't know how to call the setVisible method from an applet.

    Thanks for your help.

     
    import processing.core.PApplet;
     
    public class Class1 extends PApplet {
     
        public void setup() {
            size(200, 200);
            background(0);
        }
     
        public void draw() {
     
        }
     
        public static void main(final String[] args) {
            PApplet.main(new String[]{"Class1"});
            PApplet.main(new String[]{"Class2"});
        }
    }
     
    import processing.core.PApplet;
     
    public class Class2 extends PApplet{
     
        public void setup() {
            size(400, 400);
            background(0);
        }
     
        public void draw() {
     
        }
     
    }


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    Default Re: PApplet question

    No idea what the PApplet class does. You will have to read its API doc to see how to use it.
    In java, an applet extends the Applet class which looks like it is not related to the PApplet class.
    An applet runs in a browser, not as an application.
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    Default Re: PApplet question

    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    No idea what the PApplet class does. You will have to read its API doc to see how to use it.
    In java, an applet extends the Applet class which looks like it is not related to the PApplet class.
    An applet runs in a browser, not as an application.
    Thanks, I've asked around in several forums and it seems nobody knows the PApplet class.

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    Default Re: PApplet question

    If I recall, PApplet has a public member called frame which you can access, failing that, it might have a getFrame method.
    All this is off the top of my head though.
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    Default Re: PApplet question

    PApplet is used by Processing, and it extends java.awt.Frame. If you're running this from Java (as opposed to from Processing itself), you should just be able to call setVisible(). That method is indeed inherited from Component, but it's overriden by Frame. Frame extends Window, which extends Container, which extends Component.
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    Default Re: PApplet question

    Quote Originally Posted by knightmetal View Post

    Normally, if I were using an ordinary frame I would write "myFrame.setVisible(false);" but I don't know how to do that with applets. On the PApplet webpage it says that 'set'Visible()' is inherited from java.awt.Component. Problem is, I just don't know how to call the setVisible method from an applet.
    Have you tried the following?

    super.setVisible(false);

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    Default Re: PApplet question

    You shouldn't even have to call super.setVisible(). Like I said, simply calling setVisible() should do the trick.
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