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Got a solution : But still a problem !!!

 
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Hi I did get a solution to put the background image in the buttons, but there's a little problem. I'm not sure as to how I should scale the image exactly to fit within the button ;
eg. SCALED_TO_FIT. Here's the code I've used to put the image & Text within the button.
String str = new String("Images/" + myClass.getIcon());
final ImageIcon imageIcon = new ImageIcon(getURL(str));
JButton button1 = new JButton()
{
Image image = imageIcon.getImage();
{
setOpaque(false);
}
}
public void paintComponent (Graphics g)
{
g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, this);
super.paintComponent(g);
}
};

I'd really appreciate it if somebody can suggest a solution to this problem .
Thanks in advance
Meghna
 
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Try this code...

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
public class CustomButton extends javax.swing.JButton {
Dimension m_dim;
public Dimension getMaximumSize() {
return m_dim;
}
public Dimension getMinimumSize() {
return m_dim;
}
public Dimension getPrefferedSize() {
return m_dim;
}
public CustomButton(String text) {
super(text);
ImageIcon ii = new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/image.gif"));
setIcon(ii);
m_dim = new Dimension(ii.getIconWidth(), ii.getIconHeight());
setHorizontalTextPosition(javax.swing.SwingConstants.CENTER);
setVerticalTextPosition(javax.swing.SwingConstants.CENTER);
setOpaque(false);
setContentAreaFilled(false);
setBorder(null);
}
}
 
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Hi swami
Thanks for the immediate response. But still I have a problem in painting the text & yet again, the image is not getting scaled to the size of the button. The image is fitting to the button's width & height, no doubt, but it is losing all the remaining part of the gif file. By this, I mean, the whole image is not appearing in the button, only the image within the button's size is appearing. Could you please throw some light on this ?!!
Thanks again
Meghna
 
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I didnt get what u mean by 'remaining part of the gif'.
the buttons size is equal to that of the gif. so there is no way u can lose some part of the gif
 
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Hi swami
The button size & the image size is not the same. By saying "remaining part of the gif", I mean that the scaling is not happening properly i.e only that part of the gif appears which the button can accomodate, no the shrunk version of the gif. I hope I'm clear with this problem.
Let me know if there is a solution for this.
Thanks
Meghna
 
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Yeah!! understood...
Scaling will not be done automatically.
Maybe you have to use some other techniques(I dont know exactly) to scale down the image size to whatever u need and then set it as an icon...
 
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Try this... replace the paintComponent method you have above with this -



Hopefully, this will work...

-Nate
 
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Hi
I've been trying to solve this problem since last week. I'm still not able to scale the image to the size of the button. I tried using a imageViewer, but in vain. Could anyone suggest me a link or anything that would furthur help me with this ?!!
Thanks to Swami & Nathan in advance for all their help.
Thanks
Meghna
 
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Hi Meghna,
use Image.getScaledInstance(width,height,hints) to get a scaled instance of the image.
Amit
 
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