Applets, Frames, and Layers, OH NOES!

Very difficult java and such

[joysephine]

Hope I can get some help... I'm getting confused and frustrated. It's mind-boggling sometimes.

I'm building a webpage for an artist's portfolio. What I've got so far is a java applet that loads a vertical menu in a frame on the left side of the page. The menu consists of thumbnails of the artwork, and it scrolls up and down as the mouse hovers over it. (Many sites have a menu like this, most of them are in flash. Mine is in java.) Each thumbnail is also a link, which opens in the frame on the right side of the page.

What I want to do with this is show/hide layers of the full-size art on the right frame, but they would be called on by links inside the applet in the left frame. Oy!

Is there any way I can do this without changing the applet? It was a very long and cumbersome process to get the applet to where it is to begin with.

Any help would be awesome.

[Rambo Tribble]

JavaScript is not Java and bears little similarity. If you have an actual applet (a rarity these days), instead of a JavaScript script, you need to take your question to the Java Forum. If you have a script, someone would need to see it to offer suggestions.

[joysephine]

I didn't see a java forum, but imagined that anyone who knows about javascript might know a little something about java as well. I know they're not the same thing.
Furthermore, my question is not about the applet or the java code. I have that part down.
My question is in reference to showing and hiding layers, but it doesn't matter because I've already figured it out.
Thanks though.