listening for events during loop

[dwentink]

Hi,
I have made an applet that draws a moving 'ball' onto the screen. It does this in a loop in the paint() method of the applet. Now I want to stop the loop when a button is pressed. The program however does not notice when I press the button because it is in the loop.
Does someone know if there is some method to 'listen' for events during a loop?
Thanx
Diederik

 

[flawless69]

you probably don't want a loop in the paint method. instead you want a loop to be calling the paint method. that way you can throw in the listener in the loop with the paint method. --Derek

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