Splash screen does not display correctly

Question

Hello everyone. I have a class which shows a spashscreen. When run from the main method it display the splash correcly.
I have a login module. When the login is sucessful , I call the splashcreen module. Here the problem arises. It just gives me the white background. The image is not there.
I also encounter this sort of problems when calling other panels from my mainpage. The panels have a background. When called for the first time they appear distorted. When a second time they are called( by clicking the menu button from my mainpage) everything displays correctly.
I am very confused with the above problem because there is simply no error in the coding. I can't see where the problem lies.
Please Please Help me! I'll be indepted to you all!

Answer 1

This is my class that I've written that works fine. Feel free to use it.
* SplashScreen.java created on May 14, 2003
* Copyright (c) 2003 Rene Peters Consultancy.
* This software is the confidential and proprietary information of Rene
* Peters Consultancy ("Confidential Information"). You shall not
* disclose such Confidential Information and shall use it only in
* accordance with the terms of the license agreement you entered into
* with Rene Peters Consultancy.
package nl.renepetersconsultancy.util.gui;
* An application to show a title screen in the center of the screen
* for the amount of time given in the constructor. This class includes
* a sample main() method to test the splash screen, but it's meant for use
* with other applications.
* @author Ren� Peters
* @version 1.0 May 14, 2003
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JWindow;
public class SplashScreen extends JWindow implements Runnable {
private Logger logger = null;
private int minimumDuration;
private String resource;
private boolean keepRunning = true;
private boolean waitForStop = true;
private boolean done = false;
* Constructor for the SplashScreen. Only used for initialisation. Nothing really happens yet.
* @param resource Location of the image (jpeg, gif, png or xbm)to be displayed in the SplashScreen.
* Image must be located somewhere on the classpath. E.g. "nl/petersconsultancy/planner/gui/logo.jpg".
* @param minimumDuration The time in milliseconds the SplashScreen will be displayed, at least.
* It can not be stopped before that. Values must be in the range [0, ->]. If smaller the 0 the will be
* set to 0.
* @param waitForStop Boolean to indicate if the object will be displayed after the minimumDuration has passed
* by calling the "pleaseStop" method or if it will stop being displayed anyway.
* background or the rest of the execution should hold for a while.
public SplashScreen(String resource, int minimumDuration, boolean waitForStop) {
logger = Logger.getLogger("nl.renepetersconsultancy.util.gui.SplashScreen");
     if (minimumDuration < 0) {
          this.minimumDuration=0;
     else {
     this.minimumDuration = minimumDuration;
this.resource = resource;
this.waitForStop = waitForStop;
Thread thread = new Thread(this);
thread.setDaemon(true);
thread.start();
* Check if the minimumDisplay time has elapsed already.
public boolean isDone(){
     return done;
* Request this from being displayed and have it removed.
public void pleaseStop(){
     keepRunning = false;
* Display the SplashScreen.
public void run() {
// Build the splash screen.
if (resource==null) {
logger.warning("The image to display in the SplashScreen is set to 'null'.");
return;
} else if (resource.equals("")) {
logger.warning("The image to display in the SplashScreen is set to an empty string.");
return;
URL URLImage = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(resource);
if (URLImage==null) {
logger.warning("The resource for the image to display in the SplashScreen can not be found.");
return;
ImageIcon imageIcon = new ImageIcon(URLImage);
JLabel label = new JLabel(imageIcon);
// Set the window's bounds, centering the window.
// Take the dimension of the icon for reference.
int width = imageIcon.getIconWidth();
int height = imageIcon.getIconHeight();
Dimension screenDimension = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
int x = (screenDimension.width-width)/2;
int y = (screenDimension.height-height)/2;
this.setBounds(x,y,width,height);
JPanel content = (JPanel) this.getContentPane();
content.add(label);
// Display it while running for a while in the background.
this.setVisible(true);
try { Thread.sleep(minimumDuration); } catch (Exception e) {}
done = true;
if (waitForStop) {
     while (keepRunning) {
try { Thread.sleep(100);} catch (Exception e) {}
setVisible(false);
this.dispose();
public static void main(String[] args) {
SplashScreen splash = new SplashScreen("nl/renepetersconsultancy/util/gui/images/Ape.jpg",500, true);
while (!splash.isDone()){
try { Thread.sleep(50000); } catch (Exception e) {}
splash.pleaseStop();
System.exit(0);