want to avoid new Window for every menu item click

[2br]

Dear All,

Whenever i click on the applet menu item, a new window is opening each time.
i.e. the menu
Help
-About
When i clcik on the "About" menu an HTML file is opening. Ok. But if i click again on the menu-"About" another help window will open. i.e, 100 new windows for 100 clicks

I need only Only one window, and if the window is already opend it should popup for the next click on the menu item.

the code used.

where i have to modify

private URL helpURL=null;

public void showHelp(){
AppletContext f =this.getAppletContext() ;
String codebase=this.getCodeBase().toString();
try{
helpURL=new URL(codebase+"//help//dummy.htm"
f.showDocument(helpURL,"footer1"
}
catch(Exception e){
}
}



Please get me a solution in java

Regards
Bharat

 

[nightwolf]

simple!

create an instance of the frame at the start of the program and setVisible to false

under the action performed all u need to do is setvisible(true)

that way, only one instance of the frame is created

 

[2br]

Hello nightwolf,

it is not working as if you told,
since the help window(HTML page)opening in a new window(browser), how can i get the status of the new window to the java program.

Next thing i want to know is that, for the second click the window should popup automatically(if the window is already open).

regards
Bharat
(thanks in advance)