DrawImage on NetBeans-created jFrame

Question

Hi, I've built the basics of a GUI with swing in Netbeans 6.1. I'd like to draw an image onto an existing jFrame, but I'm having some difficulty. I have a simple class to draw part of the image:
public class LoadImageApp extends Component {
    public BufferedImage img;
    public LoadImageApp() {
       try {
           img = ImageIO.read(new File("D:/image.jpg"));
       } catch (IOException e) {System.out.println("Nothing");}
    @Override
    public void paint(Graphics g) {
        g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, 100, 100, 0, 0, 100, 100, null);
    @Override
    public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
        if (img == null) {
            return new Dimension(100,100);
        } else {
            return new Dimension(200,200);
}Then I am attempting to draw/display the image when a button is clicked:
private void loadImageActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
    final JFrame f = new JFrame("Load Image Sample");
    f.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter(){
        @Override
        public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
            f.setVisible(false);
    f.add(new LoadImageApp());
    f.pack();
    f.setVisible(true);
    jFrame1.add(new LoadImageApp());
    jFrame1.pack();
    jFrame1.setVisible(true);
}For frame "f" - everything works as expected. Frame is displayed, image is drawn, and window is sized properly.
For frame "jFrame1" (created with swing/netbeans) - Frame is displayed, but image is not drawn and window is not sized properly.
Why is this?
I have read something about overriding update for the frame, but I don't know how to do this for the netbeans code, or if it is even the correct thing to do here. So any help is greatly appreciated!
Edited by: gtg811a on Aug 5, 2008 11:10 PM

Answer 1

I appreciate the initial effort.
Rodney_McKay wrote:
You have 2 options:
*1*. Don't use NetBeans.
*2*. Post your question in a NetBeans forum.Believe it or not, this was not helpful. Actually, you might even say it was pompous. Not everyone has been doing this for a long time, so no, you didn't give me the information to answer my question (well maybe in the sense that directing me to www.google.com would be the information to answer it). Seems to me that in a Java graphics forum there might be one or two people who use NetBeans for GUI building. And by posting some snide remark rather than helpful information, you basically cut the thread off from useful input. I'll read the rules for posting to a forum if you'll be just a little less jaded about answering questions.