Apparent Impossiblity in Java

[Watts]

I am only using AWT classes. Since you can not make a modal Dialog box with respect to the IE window that an Applet is contained in. How then would I pop up a save changes Dialog when the user leaves the site or closes IE? I know I can put code in the stop() function of the Applet, but since using a Dialog with not hault IE from doing its thing, there is a major problem.

If anyone has done something like this, even if it requires something special, let me know, I have tried everything I think of.

 

[Watts]

It appears after many hours of searching that the above problem is impossible to solve with Java alone, instead I had to use a combination of JavaScript, Java, and a special function called showModalDialog for Internet Explorer in order to achieve this functionality.

All function calls were implemented through the JavaScript onUnLoad event. The stop() function in the Java Applet does not allow me to use the showModalDialog call (which is only recognized in HTML/JavaScript) so I had to use the onUnLoad event.

 

[Watts]

Oh by the way, here is the web-site that explains the above mentioned procedure for using a modal dialog box with your Java Applets. I ended up modifying this quite a bit, but at least the explaination provided points you in the right direction.

http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;q177753