Adding icons to desktop

Question

Hello,
i can't figure out how to add icons to a desktop pane. I've tried it like this but didnt work.
JDesktopPane desktop = new JDesktopPane();
desktop.add(new Label(new ImageIcon("Images/star.gif"), new Integer(1), 1));
Can anybody correct me? Any help will be appreciated.
Thanx

Answer 1

thanks, but i think u got it wrong.
ok here's the whole code.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class CyruxOSInterface {
JFrame mainFrame;
JDesktopPane desktop;
public CyruxOSInterface() {
mainFrame = new JFrame("Cyrux OS");
Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
mainFrame.setBounds(0, 0, screenSize.width, screenSize.height- 20);
ImageIcon star, fav;
star = new ImageIcon("Images/Pro_orb.ico");
fav = new ImageIcon("Images/favicon[1].ico");
mainFrame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(mainFrame,
"Are you sure you wnat to exit Cyrux OS?",
"Exit Cyrux OS", JOptionPane.YES_NO_CANCEL_OPTION);
System.exit(0);
desktop = new JDesktopPane();
mainFrame.getContentPane().add(desktop);
desktop.add(new JLabel(star), new Integer(0), 1);
desktop.add(new JLabel(fav), new Integer(2), 2);
desktop.setIcon(true);
mainFrame.setJMenuBar(createMenuBar());
mainFrame.setVisible(true);
public JMenuBar createMenuBar() {
JMenuBar mb = new JMenuBar();
JMenu mstart, mprog, mdoc, mset, mfind, mhelp;
mstart = new JMenu("Start");
mstart.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_S);
JMenuItem mexit, mlaunch;
mprog = new JMenu("Programs");
mdoc = new JMenu("Documents");
mset = new JMenu("Settings");
mfind = new JMenu("Find");
mhelp = new JMenu("Help");
ImageIcon launchico = new ImageIcon("Images/middle.gif");
mlaunch = new JMenuItem("Launch Frame", launchico);
mlaunch.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_L);
mprog.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_P);
mprog.add("Task Manager");
mprog.add("Cyrus Edit");
mprog.add("World View");
mprog.add("Java Web Start");
mprog.add("Net ConneXion");
mprog.add("Calculator");
mprog.add("Ping Socket");
mprog.add(mlaunch);
mprog.add("FuNCtion X");
mprog.add("Games");
mdoc.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_D);
mdoc.add("Local Documents");
mdoc.addSeparator();
mdoc.add("Intranet Dox");
mdoc.add("Internet Dox");
mfind = new JMenu("Find");
mfind.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_F);
mfind.add("Files and Folders");
mfind.add("On the Internet");
mfind.add("On local network");
mhelp = new JMenu("Help");
mhelp.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_H);
mexit = new JMenuItem("Exit", new ImageIcon("Images/middle.gif"));
mexit.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_X);
mexit.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(mainFrame,
"Are you sure you wnat to exit Cyrux OS?",
"Exit Cyrux OS", JOptionPane.YES_NO_CANCEL_OPTION);
mainFrame.setVisible(false);
System.exit(0);
mlaunch.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
launchFrame();
mstart.add(mprog);
mstart.add(mdoc);
mstart.add(mset);
mstart.add(mfind);
mstart.add(mhelp);
mstart.addSeparator();
mstart.add(mexit);
mb.add(mstart);
return mb;
public JInternalFrame launchFrame() {
JInternalFrame frame = new JInternalFrame("Editor", true,
true, true, true);
JEditorPane ep = new JEditorPane();
JScrollPane sp = new JScrollPane(ep);
frame.getContentPane().add(sp);
frame.setSize(360, 300);
//frame.setLocation(
frame.setVisible(true);
desktop.add(frame);
return frame;
public static void main(String[] args) {
CyruxOSInterface Os1 = new CyruxOSInterface();
Make any corrections to it.
thanks again.
cyrus