Logo using Runnable Interface

//applet
/**
*@author Jeremy O'Donohue
*
*AppletDemo.java
*This applet gives a good demonstration of how swing componants can be easily yet effectively
*used to create an applet with a very usable gui.
*
**/
import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.text.*;

public class AppletDemo extends JApplet implements ActionListener, Runnable
{
JPanel pane;
JPanel StartMenu;
JButton startButton;
JPanel startMenuPanel;
JPanel buttonPane;
JLabel lblDisplay;
JButton b1;
JButton b2;
JButton b3;
JButton b4;
JButton b5;
ImageIcon startIcon;
ImageIcon homeIcon;
ImageIcon logoIcon;
ImageIcon goalsIcon;
ImageIcon contactIcon;
ImageIcon projectsIcon;
Color c1;
ImageIcon bigLogo;
Border compound,raisedbevel,blackline;
JButton dateText;
String DATE_TIME;
Thread th;

public void init()
{
setContentPane(makeContentPane());
}
/**
*Creates and initializes gui componants
**/
public Container makeContentPane()
{
c1 = new Color(110,113,250);
compound = BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder(EtchedBorder.RAISED);
raisedbevel = BorderFactory.createRaisedBevelBorder();
blackline = BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black);
StartMenu = new JPanel();
startMenuPanel = new JPanel();
buttonPane = new JPanel();
b1 = new JButton("Home");
b2 = new JButton("ODON Solutions");
b3 = new JButton("Company Goals");
b4 = new JButton("Past Projects");
b5 = new JButton("Contact");
pane = new JPanel();
/**icons and images used in an applet have to be initialized differently
*to a regular java applet.
*An Url must be used. See below
***/
goalsIcon= new ImageIcon(AppletDemo.class.getResource("/pics/goals.gif"));;
contactIcon= new ImageIcon(AppletDemo.class.getResource("/pics/contact.gif"));;
projectsIcon= new ImageIcon(AppletDemo.class.getResource("/pics/projects.gif"));;
startIcon = new ImageIcon(AppletDemo.class.getResource("/pics/startIcon.gif"));
homeIcon = new ImageIcon(AppletDemo.class.getResource("/pics/home.gif"));
logoIcon = new ImageIcon(AppletDemo.class.getResource("/pics/logo.gif"));
bigLogo = new ImageIcon(AppletDemo.class.getResource("/pics/NewLogo.gif"));
/**buttons
**/
b1 = new JButton("Home",homeIcon);
b2 = new JButton("ODON Solutions",logoIcon);
b3 = new JButton("Company Goals",goalsIcon);
b4 = new JButton("Past Projects",projectsIcon);
b5 = new JButton("Contact",contactIcon);
lblDisplay = new JLabel(" ");
lblDisplay.setIcon(bigLogo);
startButton = new JButton("start",startIcon);
startButton.addActionListener(this);
buttonPane.setLayout(new GridLayout(5,1));
pane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
String time = "";

DATE_TIME = (getTimeNow(time));
dateText = new JButton(DATE_TIME);
dateText.setEnabled(false);
startMenuPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
StartMenu.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
StartMenu.add(startButton,BorderLayout.WEST);
StartMenu.add(dateText,BorderLayout.EAST);
pane.add(StartMenu, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
buttonPane.add(b1);
buttonPane.add(b2);
buttonPane.add(b3);
buttonPane.add(b4);
buttonPane.add(b5);
StartMenu.setBackground(Color.blue);
startButton.setBackground(Color.white);
b1.setBackground(Color.white);
b2.setBackground(Color.white);
b3.setBackground(Color.white);
b4.setBackground(Color.white);
b5.setBackground(Color.white);
b1.setForeground(Color.black);
b2.setForeground(Color.black);
b3.setForeground(Color.black);
b4.setForeground(Color.black);
b5.setForeground(Color.black);
dateText.setBackground(Color.white);
dateText.setForeground(Color.black);

StartMenu.setBackground(Color.white);
pane.setBackground(c1);
startMenuPanel.setBackground(c1);
b1.setBorder(raisedbevel);
b2.setBorder(raisedbevel);
b3.setBorder(raisedbevel);
b4.setBorder(raisedbevel);
b5.setBorder(raisedbevel);
dateText.setBorder(blackline);
StartMenu.setBorder(blackline);
buttonPane.setBorder(raisedbevel);
b1.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.LEFT);
b2.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.LEFT);
b3.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.LEFT);
b4.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.LEFT);
b5.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.LEFT);
lblDisplay.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.RIGHT);

buttonPane.setBackground(Color.white);
startMenuPanel.add(buttonPane, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
pane.add(startMenuPanel, BorderLayout.WEST);
pane.add(lblDisplay,BorderLayout.CENTER);
startMenuPanel.setVisible(false);
startButton.addActionListener(this);
b1.addActionListener(this);
b2.addActionListener(this);
b3.addActionListener(this);
b4.addActionListener(this);
b5.addActionListener(this);
th = new Thread(this);
th.start();
return pane;
}
/**
*This is the thread that runs when th.start() is called.
*The thread waites for 1 min or 60000 milliseconds and then updates the clock
*with the current hour and minute
**/
public void run()
{
while(true)
{
try{
th.sleep(60000);
String time = "";
DATE_TIME = (getTimeNow(time));
dateText.setText(DATE_TIME);
repaint();
}catch(Exception er){}
}

}
/**
*This method creates a date and then extracts theinformation that we need out of it
*and puts it into a string to create our clock.
*!note getHours() and getMinutes are now deprecated.... may be removed from the
*api at some stage in the future
**/
public String getTimeNow(String time)
{
Date now = new Date();
String pmam ="";
int hour = now.getHours();
int minutes = now.getMinutes();
if(hour > 12)
{
hour = hour -12;
pmam = "pm";
}
else
pmam = "am";
time = " " + hour+":"+minutes+" "+ pmam +" ";
return time;
}
/**
*Action listener for all the buttons on the gui
**/
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
if(e.getSource().equals(startButton))
{


startMenuPanel.setVisible(true);

}
else
startMenuPanel.setVisible(false);

}




}