Having Problems With a Simple Thing: ImageIcons

Question

this is part of my code:
public void buildToolBar(){
saveIcon = new ImageIcon("images/save.jpg");
searchIcon = new ImageIcon("images/search.jpg");
saveButton = new JButton(saveIcon);
searchButton = new JButton(searchIcon);
toolBar = new JToolBar();
toolBar.setFloatable(false);
toolBar.add(saveButton);
toolBar.add(searchButton);
i'm using NetBeans 5.5, and for some reason this doesn't work. the buttons show up in the toolbar but they do not have the images that i want in them. maybe i'm putting the images in the wrong directory?

Answer 1

No size has got nothing to do with it. Troubleshooting, I would ask these questions:
1. What image format are you using? Can Java read it?
2. Double-check the file name and be careful with upper/lower case.
3. Make sure it is in the directory you think it should ne in.
Here's a quick app to see if Java can read and display the file:
import java.io.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class ImageView {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        final JLabel label = new JLabel("", SwingConstants.CENTER);
        Action open = new AbstractAction("Open"){
            JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
                if (chooser.showOpenDialog(label) == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
                    label.setIcon(new ImageIcon(chooser.getSelectedFile().getPath()));
        JMenu menu = new JMenu("File");
        menu.add(open);
        JMenuBar bar = new JMenuBar();
        bar.add(menu);
        JFrame f = new JFrame("ImageView");
        f.setJMenuBar(bar);
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        f.getContentPane().add(new JScrollPane(label));
        f.setSize(600,400);
        f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        f.setVisible(true);
}