Problem Loading an Image with javax Swing from a JApplet

Question

First of all, i use JCreator as java creater and have the newest version of java sdk version.
Now i need to load an image from the harddrive on which the JApplet is located. I need to do this from inside the JApplet. I have put my pictures in a map 'images' which is located in the same directory as the classes + htm file. It works from inside JCreator, but as soon as i open the normal htm it just WON'T load that image (grmbl).
Here is my code for loading the image:
public BufferedImage loadImage (String filename, int transparency)
     Image image;
     if (app)
          image = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(("./images/"+filename));
     else
          String location = "";
          location = "./images/"+filename;
          image = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(location);
     MediaTracker mediaTracker = new MediaTracker(new Container());
     mediaTracker.addImage(image, 0);
     try
          mediaTracker.waitForID(0);
     catch (Exception e)
Could anybody help me out here??
I tried a url already using getCodeBase() or getDocumentBase() but that gives an error because it cannot find those if using a JApplet.

Answer 1

Why don't you use javax.swing.ImageIcon? If you already have a flag telling if it's an application or applet, use the getDocumentBase() to base the URL in the applet part only.