Image not showing up in GUI

[Madison Wrest]

I have looked at several tutorials online and have looked at a couple forums as well but I cannot get my image to display on my GUI. I know it has something to do with the path but even after trying to research it I still have no clue on how to fix it. I would greatly appreciate any pointers on how to fix this problem.

Here is my code. I apologize for it not being in the best format.

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.ButtonGroup;
public class ISPY extends JFrame
{
private JPanel panel;
private JCheckBox item1;
private JButton help;
private ButtonGroup checkBoxGroup;
private final int WINDOW_WIDTH = 400;
private final int WINDOW_HEIGHT = 300;
private JLabel imageLabel;
public ISPY()
{
setTitle("I Spy...");
setSize(WINDOW_WIDTH, WINDOW_HEIGHT);
buildPanel();
add(panel);
setVisible(true);
}
private void buildPanel()
{
help = new JButton("Help");
item1 = new JCheckBox("Unicorn");
checkBoxGroup = new ButtonGroup();
checkBoxGroup.add(item1);
help.addActionListener(new ButtonListener());
item1.addItemListener(new CheckBoxListener());
ImageIcon ISpyImage = new ImageIcon("ISpyPicture.JPG");
JLabel imageLabel = new JLabel("I Spy...", ISpyImage, SwingConstants.CENTER);
panel = new JPanel();
panel.add(help);
panel.add(item1);
panel.add(imageLabel);
pack();
}
private class ButtonListener implements ActionListener
{
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
String actionCommand = e.getActionCommand();
if(actionCommand.equals("help"))
{
// display a picture to help locate an item remaining on the list
}
}
}
private class CheckBoxListener implements ItemListener
{
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e)
{
if(e.getSource() == item1)
{
//remove item1 from radiobutton list
if(item1.isSelected())
{
checkBoxGroup.remove(item1);
}
}
}
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
new ISPY();
}
}

[Edited to add code tags and remove unnecessary blank lines. CR]

[Piet Souris]

Hi Madison,

always a nasty thing, getting these relative paths correct.

As a quick way to check whether there's anything wrong whatsoever, what I would do is to use the complete
path of the image in your ImageIcon creation.

say fullpath is a String containing the path to your image. The easiest way to get that is to use the Windows Navigator,
or the equivalent of your OS. Go to your image, and copy the adress from the address bar. Say it is c:\myImages.

Then in your code you say:

String fullPath = "<paste your copy of the address>\\fiISpyPicture.JPG";
ImageIcon ISpyImage = new ImageIcon(fullPath); 

Now, this must work, since I cannot find anything wrong with your code.

I don't see you using any package statement, so let's leave that for now.

Greetings,
Piet

[Campbell Ritchie]

And welcome to the Ranch

Always use the code button, which makes code look much better, particularly if it has short lines and good indentation. I shall try to edit your post shortly, and see if I can improve it