Help with implementing Swing GUI within jpg image

Question

Dear Java Experts,
I have a question, is there a way to implement java swing objects (ie jbutton, jcombobox, etc) within an imageicon. Basically, i am trying to juggle between ways of getting JSwing GUI into a background jpg image. Please help me. I thank you all in advance.

Answer 1

You've it back to front.
Create an transparent extension of JPanel that paints an image on it's
background before running it's super class paint method.
You'll need to extend this example to stretch, center or tile the image
but otheriwse it's complete.
BTW - you have to pass an argument to this example that is the path of
the image you want on the background of the panel, like:
java -cp <whatever> MyJavaProject1 images/something.gif
Enjoy.
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
public class MyJavaProject1
     static class BackgroundPanel
          extends JPanel
          private ImageIcon mIcon;
          public BackgroundPanel(ImageIcon icon) {
               mIcon= icon;
               super.setOpaque(false);
          public void setOpaque(boolean flag) { }
          public void paint(Graphics g)
               g.drawImage(mIcon.getImage(), 0, 0, null);
               super.paint(g);
     public static void main(String[] argv)
          JFrame frame= new JFrame(argv[0]);
          BackgroundPanel panel= new BackgroundPanel(new ImageIcon(argv[0]));
          panel.setLayout(new GridLayout(0,2,4,4));
          panel.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(4,4,4,4));
          panel.add(new JLabel("Name"));
          panel.add(new JTextField());
          panel.add(new JLabel("Address"));
          panel.add(new JTextField());
          panel.add(new JLabel("Phone"));
          panel.add(new JTextField());
          frame.getContentPane().add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
          frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
          frame.pack();
          frame.setResizable(false);
          frame.setVisible(true);
}