I have a couple applets that I want controlled from one main scrren. I have some buttons on the main screen that I want to open up different applets that I have. How can I make it so that when I click a button on one screen it opens up another applet?

 

 

You could create a java.awt.Frame, and then show it. When you create it, add the applet to it. An applet subclasses java.awt.Panel and you can add a Panel to a Frame.

I presume the same applies to Swing components (JFrames and possibly JPanels, if such exists) but I don't know.

You'd have to call the applet's methods yourself (e.g., init, start). It would only get tricky when you need to pass parameters to the applet.