How to get handle of the window running the applet?

[Bala Mohan]

Hello,
I am running an applet from IE. The applet does things in the background. But, I am displaying a progress monitor to indicate the progress of the work that is being done.
I want only the progress monitor to be displayed and want the other (parent) window be minimized? How do I do that? ie. Can I get the handle of the window that contains the applet and minimize it? Or better, can have the progress monitor embeded in the browser?
Thanks,
Bala.

[Gregg Bolinger]

What "window" are you talking about? Most applets don't run in an external window like a JFrame or Frame. Most applets run directly inside the Web Browser.

[Bala Mohan]

Gregg,
I am refering to the browser window that has the applet/object tag.
When the applet is running, that window stays. I like to minimize/close/be able to put some messages on to that window.
Thanks,
Bala.

[Nathan Pruett]

You aren't going to be able to do this from just a regular Applet...

You're going to have to use something like LiveConnect by Netscape.

This question really belongs in the Applets forum... I'm moving it there.