Display image

[Amod Gupta]

I am trying the following code to display an image but i am not able to do it.Please help,
class Images extends JPanel
{
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
Image image=new ImageIcon("C:\\sara.jpg").getImage();
g.drawImage(image,20,20,this);
}
}
Now in main class
JPanel panel=new JPanel();
Images im=new Images();
panel.add(im);
frame.getContentPane().add(panel);

[Amod Gupta]

well the complete code is:
import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;


class Images extends JPanel
{
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
Image image=new ImageIcon("C:\\sara.jpg").getImage();
g.drawImage(image,20,20,this);
}
}
class hell
{
public static void main(String aa[])
{
hell h=new hell();
h.go();
}
public void go()
{
JFrame frame=new JFrame("welcome");
JPanel panel=new JPanel();
Images im=new Images();
panel.add(im);
frame.getContentPane().add(panel);
frame.setSize(700,600);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}

[Rob Spoor]

Please Use Code Tags.

[Rob Camick]

The easiest solution is to add your image to a JLabel and add the label to the GUI. Read the Swing tutorial for working examples.

[Amod Gupta]

Ok,now i am able to display the image but when i create a jar file and execute it directly my image is not displayed again.Can some one tell me what must i change in this line to make it work:
Image image=new ImageIcon("C:\\sara.jpg").getImage();
Also,my jar file contains all the class files,the mainifest file and the image file in it.
Thanks.

[Ulf Dittmer]

If you put your image file into the jar file, then you can access it using something like this:

java.net.URL imgURL = getClass().getResource("/sara.jpg");
if (imgURL != null) {
	ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(imgURL);
}

It's also possible to put the image into a subdirectory inside of the jar file; in that case the parameter would look like "/images/sara.jpg".

[Amod Gupta]

thanks it worked