images and jar files Help!!

[Cerberus]

I can't seem to get access to images in my application when i pack the executable jar file. I've tried everything i can find in examples and nothing is working.

Can anyone help please?

Is there a way of specifying where images are in the manifest file.

[peter_budo]

Read image location with java.net.URL

URL urlImage = getClass().getResource("Image/button.gif");
Image img = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(urlImage);

"Image" folder is on same level(in same directory) as your java file from where you call this image

[Cerberus]

Thanks for the reply but i can't get it to work. When i use this i can run it through the IDE but when i try to run the jar the application won't even load. I've made sure that the manifest has the main class.

[Cerberus]

Ok i've got it working now.

Thanks for your help.

[Amber_Dhavale]

Ok i've got it working now. Thanks for your help.

Hi ,
I m also facing the same problem ..u said u have got it working...Please tell how?

[Cerberus]

I just created the getImage method and called it to place the image. With the code below you would have packed the jar with a folder containing 'myimage'. This code should work from a Jar.

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.net.URL;

public class JarImage
{
    public JarImage()
    {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        JButton button = new JButton
            (new ImageIcon(getImage("images/myimage.gif")));
        frame.getContentPane().add(button, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setSize(600, 500);
        frame.setLocation(300, 100);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
    
    private Image getImage(String pathName)
     {
         URL url = getClass().getResource(pathName); 
        Image image = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(url);
        return image;    
     }
    
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        JarImage jar = new JarImage();
    }
}

[peter_budo]

URL urlImage = getClass().getResource("Image/button.gif");
Image img = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(urlImage);

public JarImage()
    {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        JButton button = new JButton
            (new ImageIcon(getImage("images/myimage.gif")));
        
    }
    
    private Image getImage(String pathName)
     {
         URL url = getClass().getResource(pathName); 
        Image image = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(url);
        return image;    
     }

Cerberus reused the peace of code that I give it to him and displayed image as icon on button, but there are many others ways how to display image and doesn't have to be button. Choice are yours