Java Security FAQ: Create a window from an applet

Here's an applet that creates its own popup window. You should notice that the popup window has a yellow warning banner when it's run from appletviewer, and it is labeled with the "broken key" icon when it's run from Netscape Navigator 2.0.

Here's the source.

Conclusion: Any windows created by applets will be labeled with a warning. Sorry, you can't prevent this! We know that UI experts cringe, but we want applet windows to be clearly identified as applet windows.

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