Help! Image OverLapping components. Get Your dukes right here.

Question

I am creating an applet and I want to use an image as a background to a jPanel. There is a jTextField on the panel that is hidden because the BG image overlaps it. I would like the image to be used as a background and only as a background. Any Suggestions? Duke Dollars will be awarded.
public class Tester extends JApplet
  Image imageTest;
  Graphics dbg;
  Image dbImage;
  JScrollPane jScrollPane1 = new JScrollPane();
  public Tester()
  public void init()
    try
      jbInit();
      imageTest = getImage( getDocumentBase(), "bg.gif");
    catch(Exception e)
      e.printStackTrace();
  private void jbInit() throws Exception
    this.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
    jScrollPane1.setBounds(new Rectangle(70, 30, 235, 215));
    jScrollPane1.setBackground(Color.black);
    jScrollPane1.setForeground(Color.white);
    this.getContentPane().add(jScrollPane1, null);
  static 
    try
      // UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
      // UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getCrossPlatformLookAndFeelClassName());
    catch(Exception e)
public void paint(Graphics g)
    g.drawImage(imageTest, 0,0, this);
}

Answer 1

Check out this thread:
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=57&thread=316074