Displaying image on canvas as background for joystick display

i am displating my joystick on canvas sucessfully and now i want to add a background image to it for better display please guide in detail. thanks in advance .. ahsan

Hello ahsan, you can use CanvasDrawBitmap to draw ain image on the canvas.
When searching for a function on a particular control, you can right-click on the control and choose "Control help" in the context menu: in case of the canvas you'll arrive to this help page where some useful resources are grouped. You can look at Programming with Canvas Controls to get some tip on how to use the control in you applications, of simply choose Canvas Control Functions to get a list of all function that can be used on that control. In this page CanvasDrawBitmap is listed.
Additionally, if you go to Help >> Find examples... and search for canvas, you'll get a list of sample projects related to that control: "Alphablend" is one of them that shows how to draw an image on the canvas.
By using these tips you'll be able to proceed in your work without necessarily wait for some forum user to help you.
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    getToolkit().beep();
    e.consume();
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Code ">
    private void initComponents() {
    jLabel1 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
    jPanel1 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
    jLabel2 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
    jFormattedTextField1 = new javax.swing.JFormattedTextField();
    jLabel4 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
    jPasswordField1 = new javax.swing.JPasswordField();
    jPanel2 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
    jButton1 = new javax.swing.JButton();
    jButton3 = new javax.swing.JButton();
    setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    jLabel1.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Tahoma", 1, 36));
    jLabel1.setForeground(new java.awt.Color(255, 0, 0));
    jLabel1.setText("ADMIN LOGIN");
    jLabel2.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Tahoma", 1, 24));
    jLabel2.setText("Admin Name");
    jFormattedTextField1.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
    public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
    jFormattedTextField1ActionPerformed(evt);
    jLabel4.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Tahoma", 1, 24));
    jLabel4.setText("Password");
    jPasswordField1.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
    public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
    jPasswordField1ActionPerformed(evt);
    org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout jPanel1Layout = new org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout(jPanel1);
    jPanel1.setLayout(jPanel1Layout);
    jPanel1Layout.setHorizontalGroup(
    jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
    .add(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
    .add(39, 39, 39)
    .add(jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
    .add(jLabel4)
    .add(jLabel2, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 161, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
    .add(43, 43, 43)
    .add(jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
    .add(jPasswordField1, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 190, Short.MAX_VALUE)
    .add(jFormattedTextField1, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 190, Short.MAX_VALUE))
    .addContainerGap())
    jPanel1Layout.setVerticalGroup(
    jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
    .add(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
    .add(47, 47, 47)
    .add(jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.BASELINE)
    .add(jLabel2, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 34, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
    .add(jFormattedTextField1, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
    .add(60, 60, 60)
    .add(jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
    .add(jLabel4)
    .add(jPasswordField1, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
    .addContainerGap(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
    jButton1.setText("Login");
    jButton1.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
    public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
    jButton1ActionPerformed(evt);
    jButton3.setText("Exit");
    jButton3.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
    public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
    jButton3ActionPerformed(evt);
    org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout jPanel2Layout = new org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout(jPanel2);
    jPanel2.setLayout(jPanel2Layout);
    jPanel2Layout.setHorizontalGroup(
    jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
    .add(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.TRAILING, jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
    .add(38, 38, 38)
    .add(jButton1, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 93, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
    .addPreferredGap(org.jdesktop.layout.LayoutStyle.RELATED, 110, Short.MAX_VALUE)
    .add(jButton3, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 93, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
    .add(55, 55, 55))
    jPanel2Layout.setVerticalGroup(
    jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
    .add(jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
    .add(38, 38, 38)
    .add(jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.BASELINE)
    .add(jButton3, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 32, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
    .add(jButton1, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 32, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
    .addContainerGap(30, Short.MAX_VALUE))
    org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout layout = new org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
    getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
    layout.setHorizontalGroup(
    layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
    .add(layout.createSequentialGroup()
    .add(layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
    .add(layout.createSequentialGroup()
    .add(574, 574, 574)
    .add(jLabel1))
    .add(layout.createSequentialGroup()
    .add(459, 459, 459)
    .add(layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.TRAILING)
    .add(jPanel1, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
    .add(jPanel2, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))))
    .addContainerGap(521, Short.MAX_VALUE))
    layout.setVerticalGroup(
    layout.createParallelGroup(org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.LEADING)
    .add(layout.createSequentialGroup()
    .add(149, 149, 149)
    .add(jLabel1, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 66, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
    .add(43, 43, 43)
    .add(jPanel1, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
    .add(42, 42, 42)
    .add(jPanel2, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, org.jdesktop.layout.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
    .addContainerGap(250, Short.MAX_VALUE))
    pack();
    }// </editor-fold>
    private void jPasswordField1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
    private void jFormattedTextField1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                                    
    private void jButton3ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                        
    Object src=evt.getSource();
    if(src==jButton3)
    dispose();
    private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                        
    Object src=evt.getSource();
    if(src==jButton1)
    admin_name=jFormattedTextField1.getText();
    password=jPasswordField1.getText();
    try
    Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
    con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:orcle","scott","root");
    stmt=con.createStatement();
    rs=stmt.executeQuery("select admin_name,password from admin_registration where admin_name='chandana' and password='8989' ");
    while(rs.next())
    if(admin_name.equals(rs.getString(1))&&password.equals(rs.getString(2)))
    admin_registration a=new admin_registration();
    a.setVisible(true);
    dispose();
    else
    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Please enter admin name & password ");
    catch(ClassNotFoundException e)
    e.printStackTrace();
    catch(SQLException e)
    e.printStackTrace();
    public static void main(String args[]) {
    java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
    public void run() {
    admin_login_code a=new admin_login_code();
    a.setVisible(true);
    // Variables declaration - do not modify
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton1;
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton3;
    private javax.swing.JFormattedTextField jFormattedTextField1;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel1;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel2;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel4;
    private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel1;
    private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel2;
    private javax.swing.JPasswordField jPasswordField1;
    // End of variables declaration
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    Thank you in advance.
    Edited by: forums.com on Jul 14, 2008 1:40 AM

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