Using Icons in a Jar file
Hello,
I am having a problem trying to package my image files into a JAR file. I can successfully run my program with the image folder in the package directory. But, when I put the directory tree into a JAR file, suddenly the program cannot find the images anymore.
I am using the class.getResource("images/image.jpg"); command...
My directory tree is this:
<package>
Class.class
<images>
image.jpg
Again, it works fine until I put it into a JAR file. Why is it having trouble locating the files after that?
Thanks in advance for the help,
Dave
[618 byte] By [
Dave_Carta] at [2007-11-27 11:27:38]
# 2
Yeah, maybe I'm misunderstanding that page, but I actually copied my method from that site.
I have
protected ImageIcon createImageIcon(String path) {
java.net.URL imgURL = RPSApplet.class.getResource(path);
if (imgURL != null) {
message( ("image url: " + imgURL.toString()) );
return new ImageIcon(imgURL);
} else {
message("Couldn't find file: " + path);
return null;
}
}
The problem is, the method works perfectly when I run it outside of a JAR file, but when I put the images in the file, it fails (even though I try all the configurations listed by sun as "acceptable," the getResource command returns a null pointer.
This is my directory structure in the jar file
<rpsApp> //package directory
-RPSApplet.class//method's class
<images>//image folder
-image files//images
I mean, I may be making a foolish mistake, but I can't spot it....
# 3
couple of things to try
1)
move the image into the same folder as the .java file, so
getResource("images/image.jpg");
becomes
getResource("image.jpg");
2)
if still no luck, from the command prompt, navigate your way to the folder
with the image, do a dir and check image.jpg is exactly the same capitalization
i.e. not image.JPG etc
