i have tried to do this policy thing and it stops the exception, i have also tried running it through a local server, which also gets rid of the exception that i am still getting when i compile and run on my machine.
This still doesn't display the images though. i don't understand why this is refusing to work as i have created the JLabel, put an image icon on the JLabel, set the bounds, set it to be visible, and added it to a JPanel. I think that it should be working, but it simply doesn't show the image.
Any more suggestions as i'm losing hope.
Thanks for your continued help. You're all legends.