import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.applet.*;

public class ThreadApplet extends Applet implements Runnable
{
  /**
   * When this class is ran as an application, how wide should it be.
   */     
  public static final int IDEAL_WIDTH = 200;

  /**
   * When this class is ran as an application, how tall should it be.
   */   
  public static final int IDEAL_HEIGHT = 200;

  private Thread thread;

  public void init()
  {
    thread = new Thread(this);
    thread.start();
  }

  public void paint(Graphics g)
  {
  }

  public void run()
  {
    Graphics g = getGraphics();

    for (int i = 0; i <= 1000; i++)
    {
      g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
      g.fillRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
      g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
      g.drawString("Counting: " + i, 10, 10);
      try
      {
        Thread.sleep(1000);
      } catch (InterruptedException e)
      {
        return;
      }
    }
  }

  public static void main(String args[])
  {
    Applet applet = new ThreadApplet();
    Frame frame = new Frame();
    frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
    {
      public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
      {
        System.exit(0);
      }
    });

    frame.add(applet);
    frame.setSize(IDEAL_WIDTH, IDEAL_HEIGHT);
    frame.show();
  }
}