Opening up a URL page from a Java Dialog

that's correct. what you will need to do is, when you createthe dialog, you pass it a parameter which is your applet object. you can do this in the dialog's constructor. you can store this applet object as a member variable in the dialog class. when you invoke getAppletContex (), you can then do that using this applet object.

This is the code I have now:

import java.awt.*;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.applet.*;
import symantec.itools.multimedia.ImageViewer;

public class TestDialog extends Dialog
{
    static Author author;
    static Author author2;
    static Author author3;
   
    String l_userid, l_pass;
   
    String FilePath = "file:///C|/VisualCafePro/Bnp/";
   
      public TestDialog(Frame parent, boolean modal, Applet applet) {

          super(parent, modal);

            //{{INIT_CONTROLS
            setLayout(null);
            addNotify();
            resize(insets().left + insets().right + 300,insets().top + insets().bottom + 271);
            setBackground(new Color(255));
            label2 = new java.awt.Label("Password:",Label.RIGHT);
            label2.reshape(insets().left + 9,insets().top + 205,79,24);
            label2.setFont(new Font("Helvetica", Font.BOLD, 13));
            label2.setForeground(new Color(16777215));
            add(label2);
            label1 = new java.awt.Label("User ID:",Label.RIGHT);
            label1.reshape(insets().left + 25,insets().top + 174,63,24);
            label1.setFont(new Font("Helvetica", Font.BOLD, 13));
            label1.setForeground(new Color(16777215));
            add(label1);
            userid = new java.awt.TextField();
            userid.reshape(insets().left + 98,insets().top + 175,144,26);
            userid.setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 13));
            userid.setBackground(new Color(16777215));
            add(userid);
            pass = new java.awt.TextField();
            pass.reshape(insets().left + 98,insets().top + 205,144,26);
            pass.setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 13));
            pass.setBackground(new Color(16777215));
            add(pass);
            quit = new java.awt.Button("Reset");
            quit.reshape(insets().left + 175,insets().top + 242,77,23);
            quit.setFont(new Font("Helvetica", Font.PLAIN, 12));
            add(quit);
            submit = new java.awt.Button("Submit");
            submit.reshape(insets().left + 91,insets().top + 242,77,23);
            submit.setFont(new Font("Helvetica", Font.PLAIN, 12));
            add(submit);
            imageViewer1 = new symantec.itools.multimedia.ImageViewer();
            imageViewer1.reshape(insets().left + 9,insets().top + 8,283,141);
            add(imageViewer1);
            try {
                  imageViewer1.setURL(new java.net.URL("file:/C:/VisualCafePro/BNP/Object.jpg"));
            } catch (java.net.MalformedURLException error) {
            }
            setTitle("Object Works Login");
            //}}
            userid.requestFocus();
            center(this ,300 ,350 , true);
      }

      public TestDialog(Frame parent, String title, boolean modal, Applet applet) {
          this(parent, modal, applet);
          setTitle(title);
      }
      
      public String openURL(String url)
    {
        URL theURL = null;
        try { theURL = new URL(url); }
        catch ( MalformedURLException e)
        {
            System.out.println("Bad URL: " + theURL);
        }
        applet.getAppletContext().showDocument(theURL);
        return url;
    }

    // This method displays the dialog component in the center of the browser.
    public static void center(Window w, int width, int height, boolean bSetVisible)
    {
        int xloc = 0;
        int yloc = 0;

        Toolkit tk;
        Dimension screenSize;

        if ((tk = w.getToolkit())!=null)
        {
        screenSize = tk.getScreenSize();

        if (width > screenSize.width)
        width = screenSize.width;
        xloc = (screenSize.width - width) / 2;

        if (height > screenSize.height)
        height = screenSize.height;
        yloc = (screenSize.height - height) / 2;
        }

        w.reshape(xloc, yloc, width, height);

        if (bSetVisible)
        w.show(true);
    }
   
    // Handles the events of key presses for the textfields and buttons.
    public boolean keyDown(Event event, int key)
    {
        // Sets tab order between fields and buttons.
        if((event.target == userid)&&(key == 9))    //Tab key press
        {
            pass.requestFocus();
        }
        if((event.target== pass)&&(key == 9))   //Tab key press
        {
            submit.requestFocus();
        }
        if((event.target== submit)&&(key == 9))    //Tab key press
        {
            quit.requestFocus();
        }
        if((event.target== quit)&&(key == 9))    //Tab key press
        {
            userid.requestFocus();
        }
        if((event.target== submit)&&(key == '\n'))    //Tab key press
        {
            Submit_Clicked(event);
        }
        if((event.target== quit)&&(key == '\n'))    //Tab key press
        {
            Quit_Clicked(event);
        }
        return false;
    }
   
    void Submit_Clicked(Event event)
    {
        if (userid.getText().length() <= 0 || pass.getText().length() <=0 )
        {
        }
        else
        {
            author = new Author("bgenti", "bgenti", "Bryan", "Gentile", "bgentile@bdsinc.com", "", "",
                              "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
                              
              author2 = new Author("kpetti", "kpetti", "Kevin", "Pettine", "kpettine@bdsinc.com", "", "",
                              "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
                              
              author3 = new Author("tclot", "tclot", "Tim", "Clotworthy", "tclot@bdsinc.com", "", "",
                              "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
                              
          l_userid = userid.getText();
        l_pass = pass.getText();
       
            if (((l_userid.equals(author.UserId) && l_pass.equals(author.Password))) || ((l_userid.equals(author2.UserId) && l_pass.equals(author2.Password)))
                || ((l_userid.equals(author3.UserId) && l_pass.equals(author3.Password))))
            {
                //openURL(FilePath + "BNPFrame.html");
                hide();
            }
            else
            {
                userid.setText("Logon Failed!");
                pass.setText("Try again SUCKER!!!!");
                userid.requestFocus();
            }
        }      
    }
   
    // Clears the textfields when the resetButton is clicked
    void Quit_Clicked(Event event)
    {
        userid.setText("");
        pass.setText("");
        userid.requestFocus();
    }

      public boolean handleEvent(Event event)
      {
          if(event.id == Event.WINDOW_DESTROY) {
              hide();
              return true;
          }
          
          if(event.target == quit && event.id == Event.ACTION_EVENT)
          {
              Quit_Clicked(event);
              return true;
          }
          
          if(event.target == submit && event.id == Event.ACTION_EVENT)
          {
              Submit_Clicked(event);
              return true;
          }
      return super.handleEvent(event);
      }

      //{{DECLARE_CONTROLS
      java.awt.Label label2;
      java.awt.Label label1;
      java.awt.TextField userid;
      java.awt.TextField pass;
      java.awt.Button quit;
      java.awt.Button submit;
      symantec.itools.multimedia.ImageViewer imageViewer1;
      //}}
}

In my applet when I call the dialog I have:

TestDialog dlg = new TestDialog((Frame)c, true, this);

I am having trouble compiling the dialog.  It says that the applet is undefined.  What else do I need to do?

I figured it out.