Displaying JPG's in standalone-applications

Question

Hy all!
Does somebody know where I need to save a JPG so that a standalone-application can load it?
I always get a NullPointerException when executing the following code:
public SpaceBallFrame() {
Graphics g = getGraphics();
Image gameOverPic = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit ().getImage("gameover.jpg");
boolean b = g.drawImage(gameOverPic,50,100,this);
I tried all folders which made sense but it didn't work.
Thanks for help
Boni

Answer 1

Does somebody know where I need to save a JPG so that a standalone-application can load it?By using the following:
Image gameOverPic = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit ().getImage("gameover.jpg");
The program assumes that the JPG file is in the same directory as your class file.
The reason your program doesn't work is probably because drawing an image is usually done in a paint method. Try something like this (where the gameOverPic is defined as a globally accessible object):
Image gameOverPic;
public SpaceBallFrame() {
gameOverPic = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit ().getImage("gameover.jpg");
public void paint(Graphics g) {
g.drawImage(gameOverPic,50,100,this);
V.V.