Weird problem with showDocument()

[dds82]

I have the following code that runs when the user clicks a button in my Java 2 applet:

AppletContext context=getAppletContext();
URL url=new URL("http",hostname,-1,"/path-to/Some.Servlet");
context.showDocument(url,"_summarywindow");

I am trying to get the servlet to run in the same window each time the user clicks the button. However, each time the button is clicked, the applet opens a new window. Does anybody know how to get the document to reuse the window that was opened the first time the button was clicked?

Thanks.

 

[obadare]

You can try designing your webpages using frames and specify the target attribute for the links

 

[dds82]

I specifically don't want to use frames. According to the JavaDocs, the target attribute should use and reuse top-level windows if no frame with the supplied name exists. It doesn't seem to be doing that, though...