destroy an applet inside a frame

[afraidofdark]

hello, I create an applet, and to be able to run it as an application, I add a main method and create a frame, then I add the applet in that frame, when my applet finish it's work, I want to delete it, because it draw shapes on the frame, however stop or destroy methods didn't work, even applet = null didn't work how can I stop that applet ? remove it completely ?

by the way, there is a timer which always calls paint and update methods of the applet, I think when I destroy the applet, it goes too.

 public static void main(String[] args) {
        //JFrame frame = new JFrame("");
        GameFrame frame = new GameFrame();
        frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null); // Center the frame
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setSize(1024, 768);
        frame.setVisible(true);
        testApplet applet = new testApplet();
        frame.add(applet, BorderLayout.CENTER);

        applet.init();
        applet.start();
        
// how can I stop the applet (or destroy it)?

    }

[JosAH]

Remove the applet from your frame and nullify all (other) references to it.

kind regards,

Jos