Applet only in seperate application

Has anyone succeeded in using the upload applet in a seperate application. I am building a custom photo upload/community site using jsp technology and would like to utilize the upload applet, because it will be all photos. Has anyone done this, know of a good tutorial, know of another application that would be more suitable. I was just looking through the source and looking through all of the properties files etc... but cannot find some critical things, such as where to pass the username, album, etc... and where the submit url goes.

Thanks,
John