How to set the background of a JPanel as an image

Hi everyone,

Could anyone help me on how to set up an image background in JPanel? For example, in a chess game, I want to have an image board instead of having cells with color. What I did was

First I overriddent the paint method in JPanel ie:

public void paint(Graphics g) {

super.paint(g);

g.drawImage(backgroundImage, 0, 0, sizeX, sizeY, this)

}

Then , I added pieces (also JPanels which images) on this panel...When I run it, the pieces were drawed first, then the backgoundImage appeared and overlapped it. All I could see on the Panel was just the backgoundImage....I must be doing something wrong here..

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Tam

[723 byte] By [nhantamda] at [2007-9-27 5:59:32]