Help me with jar file...

Question

I have created a jar file with the following cammand
jar cvf XXX.jar com images
where com is the folder which holding my all .class files and images is the folder which hold all my image files.
but the prob is that when i run my jar file with the following command
javaw XXX.jar com.Main
Main is the main class
i can't see nay images on my buttons in short i can't accress images files...

Answer 1

satinderjit,
Here is some code that you can use to grab an image (whether in a jar or not). Note though that your .class files will live in the com directory. So, in order for your images to load (with image path = "images/myImage.gif", you either have to move your image folder to your com folder or use the following string for your image path "../images/myImage.gif".
/*=*******************************************************************
* getImage(): grabs an image from the same location this file is at. *
*     Works for when the images are in a jar or not.                 *
public static Image getImage(String img) {
   /* Replace the 'YourClassName' with the name of your
      class.  Note that the .class file of the class
      that this method resides in must be placed
      relative to where the images are stored.  So
      if the images are in a folder called images,
      this .class file must be placed in its parent
      directory. */
   URL url = YourClassName.class.getResource(img);
   Image image = null;
   if (url == null) {
      System.err.println("Unable to load image: " + img);
   } else {
      image = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(url);
   return image;
}//end getImage
/* use the above method in the following manner
   (notice the forward slash).   The image path I
   provided should work with your current setup. */
ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(getImage("../images/myImage.gif"));tajenkins