Can i put images on a button

Question

Hi i have some omages which i need to put on a button can i do that in java. I cannot use swings cause i am using java 1.1.7. can i do something using awt.
Is there ImageButton in jdk 1.1.7 ???
Please help me in this.
Please post a sample code if any one can
Thanks
Ram

Answer 1

Hi This is my actual program.
I have some images posted and some buttons. But can i click on the images to open new files or can i put an image on a button. I donno how to use mouse click. or how do i map an image.
Can i also mouse click on a text string???
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.applet.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.lang.String;
public class chemviz extends Frame implements ActionListener
     private Button offwaltz, nanocad;
     private Panel PagePanel, buttonPanel;
     private Image logo;
     private Image nanocadhome, waltzhome;
     //private TextArea TextArea1;
     private String About = "About";
     private String test= "This is a Test";
     //test.setFont(new Font("Arial",Font.BOLD,12));
     public String line1 = "ChemViz (Chemistry Visualization) is an interactive chemistry program which incorporates computational chemistry simulations ";
     public String line2 = "and visualizations for use in the high school chemistry classroom. The chemistry simulations support the chemistry principles ";
     public String line3 = "teachers are trying to convey, and the visualizations allow students to see how matter interacts at an atomic level.";
     public void loadPanel()
          //ImageIcon offwaltz = new ImageIcon("images/waltzhome.jpg");
          //offwaltz = new Button(offwaltz);
          offwaltz = new Button("OffWaltz");
          offwaltz.addActionListener(this);
          nanocad = new Button("Nanocad");
          nanocad.addActionListener(this);
          buttonPanel = new Panel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
          buttonPanel.add(offwaltz);
          buttonPanel.add(nanocad);
          //TextArea1 =new TextArea(text, 10, 100);
          MenuBar mb = new MenuBar();
          setMenuBar(mb);
          Menu fileMenu = new Menu("File");
          mb.add(fileMenu);
          MenuItem exitMenuItem = new MenuItem("Exit");
          fileMenu.add(exitMenuItem);
          exitMenuItem.addActionListener(this);     
          PagePanel = new Panel();
          PagePanel.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
          GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
          c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTH;
          c.gridwidth = 1;
          c.gridx = 0;
          c.gridy = GridBagConstraints.RELATIVE;
          c.weightx = 1;
          c.weighty = 1;
          c.insets = new Insets(0, 0, 0, 0);
          //PagePanel.add(TextArea1, c);
          //PagePanel.add(buttonPanel, c);
          setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
          add(PagePanel, c);
          PagePanel.setLocation(0, 100);
          //PagePanel.setSize(100, 100);
          setVisible(true);
     public void update(Graphics g)
          paint(g);
     public void paint (Graphics g)
          g.drawImage(logo, 0, 30, this);
          //g.drawString(About, 20,150);
          //setFont(new Font("Arial",Font.BOLD,12));
          g.drawString("About", 20,130);
          g.drawString("Tools", 70,130);
          g.drawString("Curriculum", 120,130);
          g.drawString("Resources", 200,130);
          //g.drawString("Test", 690,130);
          //g.drawString("This is a Test String", 20,130);
          g.drawString(line1, 50,175);
          g.drawString(line2, 20,200);
          g.drawString(line3, 20,225);
          g.drawRect(38,373,148,168);
          g.drawImage(nanocadhome, 40, 375, this);
          g.drawRect(248,373,148,168);
          g.drawImage(waltzhome, 250, 375, this);
          //System.out.println("Test is ending");
     public void imagePanel()
          logo = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("images/logo.jpg" );
          nanocadhome = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("images/nanocadhome.jpg" );
          waltzhome = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("images/waltzhome.jpg" );
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
          String s = e.getActionCommand();
          String osCommand = "cmd /q /c start /w";
          if (e.getSource() instanceof MenuItem)
               String menuLabel = ((MenuItem)e.getSource()).getLabel();
               if(menuLabel.equals("Exit"))
                    dispose();
                    System.exit(0);
          if (e.getActionCommand().equals("OffWaltz"))
               try
                    Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd.exe /c java -jar offwaltz.jar ");
               catch (IOException ex)
                    System.out.println( ex.toString() );   
         if (e.getActionCommand().equals("Nanocad"))
          try
                    Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd.exe /c java -jar nanocad.jar ");
               catch (IOException ex)
                    System.out.println( ex.toString() );   
     public static void main(String args[])
          chemviz frame = new chemviz();
          frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
               public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)            
                    {               System.exit(0);        }});
               frame.setSize(800, 600);
               frame.imagePanel();
               frame.loadPanel();
               frame.setVisible(true);