Adding an Icon to a JButton Component - Not working

Question

Hi all,
Please help me by saying, why the below gevon SSCE doesnt work.
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.AbstractButton;
import javax.swing.Action;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.Icon;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
public class CreateWindow {
    public CreateWindow(String module, String id){
         if(module.equals("mail")){
              JPanel mail = new JPanel(null);
              mail.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 350));
              //Color colr = new Color(222, 236, 255);
              mail.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
              JLabel file = new JLabel("File Name:");
              file.setBounds(18,25,75,50);
              // Retrieve the icon
             Icon icon = new ImageIcon("ei0021-48.gif");
             // Create an action with an icon
             Action action = new AbstractAction("Button Label", icon) {
                 // This method is called when the button is pressed
                 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
                     // Perform action
             // Create the button; the icon will appear to the left of the label
             JButton button = new JButton(action);
              mail.add(button);
              buildGUI(mail,500, 350);
    public void buildGUI(JPanel panel, int width, int height)
        JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
        UIManager.put("activeCaption", new javax.swing.plaf.ColorUIResource(Color.LIGHT_GRAY));
        JFrame f = new JFrame("Propri�t�s:");
        f.setIconImage(new ImageIcon("save.gif").getImage());//need an image file with black background
        changeButtonColor(f.getComponents());
        f.getContentPane().setBackground(Color.WHITE);
        f.getContentPane().add(panel);
        f.getRootPane().setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.PINK,2));
        f.setSize(width,height);
        f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
        f.setVisible(true);
      public void changeButtonColor(Component[] comps)
        for(int x = 0, y = comps.length; x < y; x++)
          if(comps[x] instanceof AbstractButton)
            ((AbstractButton)comps[x]).setBackground(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
            ((AbstractButton)comps[x]).setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.LIGHT_GRAY));
          else if (comps[x] instanceof Container)
            changeButtonColor(((Container)comps[x]).getComponents());
}I call the above given class constructor as given
public class Test {
     public static void main(String args[]){
          CreateWindow cw = new CreateWindow("mail","Test.doc");
}Rony

Answer 1

RonyFederer wrote:
I have the images and class files inside
F:\Testing3\Application\src\booodrive
Do you have the class files or java files here?
You should put the gif where the .class files are located, and use getResource as Encephalopathic wrote, or:
Icon icon = new ImageIcon(ClassLoader.getSystemResource("ei0021-48.gif"));
When I did as you said using System.out.println(new File("ei0021-48.gif").getAbsolutePath());, I got the following output.
F:\Testing3\Application\ei0021-48.gif
That's the current running directory.