a icon path in a java program

[Kee Kee moon]

Hi,

I have an icon is in other project folder named icons.
How do I set the path as below:

private String ICON_PATH = "....../icons/icon_name.png";

Thanks for your help.

[Saif Asif]

Greetings ,

Personally I dont like the fact of putting hard coded paths inside my java classes. I put all such paths in a properties file and read them from the properties file. Secondly what problem are you facing ? I mean you specified the path as "/path/to/icons/icon_name.png" and java couldnt find the file ( threw a FileNotFoundException) or there is some other issue ?

[Darryl Burke]

The tutorial section on Loading Images Using getResource says it better than I ever could, along with illustrations.

If by 'other project folder' you mean that the image file resides in another project of your IDE, you need to add that project or its .jar as a library. Note that projects are a feature of certain IDEs and are not a part of the Java programming language.

[Kee Kee moon]

Saif Asif wrote:Greetings ,

Personally I dont like the fact of putting hard coded paths inside my java classes. I put all such paths in a properties file and read them from the properties file. Secondly what problem are you facing ? I mean you specified the path as "/path/to/icons/icon_name.png" and java couldnt find the file ( threw a FileNotFoundException) or there is some other issue ?

I have to get the icon that is under another project folder named icons folder.
If you know how to get it, please let me know.

[Rob Spoor]

Please re-read Darryl's post.