How to load a background Image on a JDialog object

Question

Hi All, Actually i am new to java programing and i am stuck in this problem. I am developing a java application which is dialog based (using JDialog objects) and i want to load a background image on my dialog. I hope this could be done and i really appreciate your help because i must deliver this project and this is a user interface requirement.

Answer 1

Try something along the lines of this: Create a new class called BackgroundImagePanel and have it extend JPanel.
Have an attribute in the class for your image, and a method to set it.
Override isOpaque() to return true.
Override the paintComponenet method as such:
public void paintComponent (Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if( image == null ) return;
Icon icon = new ImageIcon(image);
icon.paintIcon(this, g, x, y);
Add this panel to your JDialog and then add other component to this panel.
You might have to tweak this a bit, but it should get you close...
Bill