Well this is one that has me stumped. Im designing a small ball in a maze game for a project. we decided to contain a PApplet inside a frame and create new frames each time we needed a new PApplet.

My question is, in the mouse event method, is there anyway to close the encapsulating frame.

e.g

public void mousePressed()

if (pressed == eBtn)
{
   daddyFrame.close()

}

With actionlisteners in awt or swing this is quite simple. But because my PApplet is contained within the frame, this is a doozy.

Im unsure if this forum is suitable for pasting hardcode but if theres some confusion then i have no problem posting what i have.

Thanks in advance for any help And if you have any bright ideas on changing PApplet content via mousevent then im all ears. 

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code pasted as per clankill3's request. It looks very messy. if theres any forum tags to tidy code then please let me know

public class Menu extends PApplet
{
//images and buttons
PImage background, playbtn1, playbtn2, hsbtn1, hsbtn2, abbtn1, abbtn2, exbtn1, exbtn2;
FBox pBtn, hBtn, eBtn;

FWorld menu;

//simple constructor
public Menu()
{

}

public void setup()
{
size(600, 400);
smooth();
Fisica.init(this);
menu = new FWorld();

//loading and placing images
background = loadImage("MenuAlt.jpg");
System.out.println(background);
playbtn1 = loadImage("play1.gif");
playbtn2 = loadImage("play2.gif");
hsbtn1 = loadImage("high1.gif");
hsbtn2 = loadImage("high2.gif");
exbtn1 = loadImage("exit1.gif");
exbtn2 = loadImage("exit2.gif");

//loading and placing buttons
pBtn = new FBox(120, 150);
pBtn.setPosition(135, 215);
pBtn.setDrawable(false);
hBtn = new FBox(120, 150);
hBtn.setPosition(295, 215);
hBtn.setDrawable(false);
eBtn = new FBox(120, 150);
eBtn.setPosition(455, 215);
eBtn.setDrawable(false);

//add item to world
menu.add(pBtn);
menu.add(hBtn);
menu.add(eBtn);
}

public void draw()
{
image(background, 0, 0);
image(playbtn1, 80, 140);
image(hsbtn1, 237, 135);
image(exbtn1, 400, 140);

mouseOver();
menu.draw();
}

//close this frame an open a new level, high score or exit
//depending on what the use clicks
public void mousePressed()
{
FBody pressed = menu.getBody(mouseX, mouseY);
if (pressed == pBtn)
{
System.out.println("play game");
this.getParent().getParent().getParent().getParent().setVisible(false);

ExampleFrame x = new ExampleFrame(new Level("level1.txt"));
x.setLocation(this.getParent().getParent().getParent().getParent().getLocation());
}
if (pressed == hBtn)
{
System.out.println("high scores");
this.getParent().getParent().getParent().getParent().setVisible(false);

/* these are just for finding the parent
System.out.println(this.getName());
System.out.println(this.getParent().getName());
System.out.println(this.getParent().getParent().getName());
System.out.println(this.getParent().getParent().getParent().getName());
System.out.println(this.getParent().getParent().getParent().getParent().getName());
*/
ExampleFrame x = new ExampleFrame(new HighScores()); //for testing, you can change this to new menu()
x.setLocation(this.getParent().getParent().getParent().getParent().getLocation());
}
if (pressed == eBtn)
{
System.out.println("exit");
System.exit(0);
}
}

the exampleFrame class

public class ExampleFrame extends JFrame
{
PApplet app;

public ExampleFrame(PApplet emApp)
{
super("Ball Maze Game");
this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
this.setLocation(200, 200);

app = emApp;
setSize(615,438);
setVisible(true);

setLayout(new BorderLayout());

add(app, BorderLayout.CENTER);
app.init();
}
}

the main

public class Main
{
 public static void main(String[] args) 
{
  ExampleFrame x = new ExampleFrame(new Menu());
}
}