why is this code not displaying the image?
Hi,
ImageIcon myImage =new ImageIcon("image.jpg");
JButton jButton1 =new JButton(myImage);
Can someone tell me why that code doesn't show the image? The image is in the same location where the source files are.
[329 byte] By [
iPortala] at [2007-11-27 2:27:55]

> Can you give a larger view of your code?
package arabiclanguagelearning;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import java.awt.SystemColor;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
/**
*
Title: Arabic Language Learning
*
*
Description:
*
*
Copyright: Copyright (c) 2007
*
*
Company:
*
* @author iPortal
* @version 1.0
*/
public class FrontPage extends JFrame {
JPanel contentPane;
JPanel jPanel1 = new JPanel();
JButton reading = new JButton();
JButton writing = new JButton();
GridLayout gridLayout1 = new GridLayout();
JButton listening = new JButton();
JButton speaking = new JButton();
Dialog1 myDialog = new Dialog1(this,"title",true);
ImageIcon myImage = new ImageIcon("image.jpg");
JButton jButton1 = new JButton(myImage);
public FrontPage() {
try {
setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
jbInit();
} catch (Exception exception) {
exception.printStackTrace();
}
}
/**
* Component initialization.
*
* @throws java.lang.Exception
*/
private void jbInit() throws Exception {
contentPane = (JPanel) getContentPane();
contentPane.setLayout(null);
setSize(new Dimension(524, 423));
setTitle("Choose a tutorial");
jPanel1.setBackground(SystemColor.infoText);
jPanel1.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Comic Sans MS", Font.PLAIN, 11));
jPanel1.setBounds(new Rectangle(80, 158, 365, 67));
jPanel1.setLayout(gridLayout1);
reading.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Comic Sans MS", Font.BOLD, 13));
reading.setToolTipText("Take the Reading Tutorial");
reading.setText("Reading");
reading.addActionListener(new FrontPage_reading_actionAdapter(this));
writing.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Comic Sans MS", Font.BOLD, 13));
writing.setText("Writing");
listening.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Comic Sans MS", Font.BOLD, 13));
listening.setText("Listening");
speaking.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Comic Sans MS", Font.BOLD, 13));
speaking.setText("Speaking");
jButton1.setBounds(new Rectangle(78, 273, 169, 57));
//jButton1.setText("new button");
contentPane.add(jPanel1);
contentPane.add(jButton1);
jPanel1.add(reading, null);
jPanel1.add(writing, null);
jPanel1.add(listening);
jPanel1.add(speaking);
}
public void reading_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
myDialog.setSize(600,600);
myDialog.setVisible(true);
}
}
class FrontPage_reading_actionAdapter implements ActionListener {
private FrontPage adaptee;
FrontPage_reading_actionAdapter(FrontPage adaptee) {
this.adaptee = adaptee;
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
adaptee.reading_actionPerformed(e);
}
}