Hidden Applet?

I have a Servlet that calls an applet like so
output.writeBytes("<APPLET CODE='DavesApplet.class' ARCHIVE='DDavesApplet.jar' WIDTH=50 HEIGHT=50 CODEBASE='/BEAT/applet/'>");
The applet then uses an ObjectInputStream to connect to the servlet & get a Vector from the servlet. All this works fine except that the contents of the vector get printed to the screen. How can I leave the window in the browser blank? Ideally, I would prefer not to have the gray box of the applet appear either.
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In a properly written applet, the only way data - or anything else - is going to display is if the applet contains code to display it, so I have no idea why you have the first problem.
As to the second, Java was designed from the ground up with mischief-makers in mind, so normally a browser is not going to allow an applet to be totally invisible, either by explicit hiding or by the trick of putting it in a small (0x0 or 1x1) area - the idea is that the user should KNOW that there's active logic on the webpage. I believe that the JRE will actually refuse to start an applet if its physical display area is too small.

You can have an applet in a frame that is offscreen. Make a frameset where one member gets 100% of the screen and the other contains the applet.
Bill