[SOLVED] problem with applet execution

[nishant.4545]

I have made an applet that opens notepad. The code is:

import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;


public class Note extends Applet{
 public void paint(Graphics g) {

g.drawString("Open a notepad",50,10);
try
{
 Runtime r=Runtime.getRuntime();
    	 Process p=null;
    	 	p=r.exec("notepad");
}catch(Exception e){
	g.drawString(e.toString(),50,50);
}
    
}}

Then I have created its jar file using the command

jar cvf Note.jar Note.class

Then I signed this jar file using keytool to give it necessary permisiions using following commands:

keytool -genkey -alias Note -validity 365
jarsigner Note.jar Note

Then I created an html to operate the applet from within the jar file.

My problem is that as the applet starts it opens several (165) instances of notepad. When I clase all those instances, all the instances appear again.
plz help me to understand the problem.

[OrangeDog]

Your code is called every single time the applet redraws, as you put it in the paint() method. Try somewhere else. Maybe when the applet starts, or when you press a button?

[Fubarable]

Never do that sort of thing from within a paint method. You have very little control of when or even if the paint method will be called. Instead do this in a non-paint method or constructor.