Alternative, spend the 10 minutes trying to code it. If it doesn't work,
then you're only 10 minutes worse off than you were previously. If it
actually works, lean back, put your heels on your desk and take a nap. If
someone comes in to ask what you're doing, tell them you're rearchitecturing
your applet solution into an application solution in your head, and you'd
prefer it if nobody disturbed you while you did this.

   I think the solution goes something like this (off the top of my head,
might contain errors, but it gives you an idea of how the solution works):

public class AppletToApplicationWrapper {
 public static void main(String[] args) {
   final JApplet theOldApplet = new MyOldApplet();
   final JFrame theNewJFrame = new JFrame("The Name Of The Application");
   theNewJFrame.getContentPane().add(theOldApplet);
   theNewJFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.NONE);
   theNewJFrame.setWindowListener(new IWindowListener() {
     public void WindowClosingEvent(Event e) {
       theOldApplet.stop();
       theOldApplet.destroy();
     }

     public void WindowResizieAndOtherEvents(Event e) {
       //do nothing.
     }
   });
   theOldApplet.init();
   theOldApplet.start();
   theNewJFrame.setVisible();
 }
}

   11 statements (including the two in the anonymous inner class), so
Andrew wasn't too far off with his 5-10 estimate.

   - Oliver