If you set the paths to the image files, such as:

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c:/myfolder/smile.gif

c:/myfolder/smile.gif

-put the image file here!

Then your jar file should pick them up from wherever you execute it from.

Originally Posted by PoovenM

sabithpocker, so that's how you'd access an image? I agree that the image can be included in the generated jar file. However, my feeling is that the file will not be accessible via the Java code since the current path (using relative addressing) would be the path the jar executable is being run from and not point to the files within the jar file. Consider:

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import java.awt.*;
import java.net.*;
public class ResourceTest extends Frame {
 
	Image img;
 
	public ResourceTest() throws Exception {
		URL myurl = this.getClass().getResource("/myimage.gif");
		Toolkit tk = this.getToolkit();
		img = tk.getImage(myurl);
	}  //  public ResourceTest()
 
	public void paint(Graphics g) {
		g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, this);
	}  //  public void paint()
 
}  //  public class ResourceTest extends Frame

import java.awt.*; import java.net.*; public class ResourceTest extends Frame { Image img; public ResourceTest() throws Exception { URL myurl = this.getClass().getResource("/myimage.gif"); Toolkit tk = this.getToolkit(); img = tk.getImage(myurl); } // public ResourceTest() public void paint(Graphics g) { g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, this); } // public void paint() } // public class ResourceTest extends Frame

This code was taken from: http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/5697 and is generally then way one would include an image loaded from an executable jar file. I believe this is what the poster was looking for? Oh, of course adding the image to your project is as simple as dragging the image and putting it into perhaps the source folder of your project (which is on the Projects tab in the NetBeans IDE). This, as the poster said, makes distribution of the project, much more robust.

A very late reply, but something someone else might find useful.