GUI for desktop application

Hi,

I would like some help regarding designing a GUI for a Java desktop application. My apologies if these questions have already been asked before on this forum.

1. I want to use background images for my application. However, instead of storing images as separate files in the package, I want to store them in some sort of a resource file, so that all images are loaded into memory and not read from the disk individually. How can I achieve this?

2. I want to use a "panning cursor", that is, the hand cursor that is used to pan large images. I can't find this cursor type in the Cursor class. Where can I find this cursor type?

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RRI

[674 byte] By [cruzera] at [2007-11-26 16:27:47]