[java] Loading screen in applets (Splash screen)

Hi, I''m trying to create some kind of loadingscreen in my java applet for some time now, but i can''t get it to work. I had some examples using Swing, but i don''t want to use any Swing at all. What i wanted to create was: myapplet.jar loadapplet.jar The website loads myapplet.jar, which loads loadapplet.jar. When myapplet.jar is loaded, it shows the picture "loading", and begins loading loadapplet.jar. The problem is that i can''t get it to work. It loads the 1st applet, shows the picture, but that''s it. Could someone please give me some working example?