HELP My image doesn't show in IE (APPLET)

Question

I'm trying to view a gif-file. It only shows in the Applet viewer of JBuilder7 and I can't make it work in IE. Can somebody help me? With the code below I can only see the buttons.
It consist of 2 classes
Class 1: VIEWER
package javaclient2;
import java.awt.Graphics.*;
import java.awt.image.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.applet.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.awt.*;
import com.borland.jbcl.layout.*;
* <p>Title: JavaClient</p>
* <p>Description: JavaClient met Applet</p>
* <p>Copyright: Copyright (c) 2003</p>
* <p>Company: Joto</p>
* @author Tom & Jochen
* @version 1.0
public class Viewer extends Applet {
private boolean isStandalone = false;
private Panel jPanel1 = new Panel();
private Button button1 = new Button();
private Button button2 = new Button();
private Button button3 = new Button();
private Button button4 = new Button();
private URL location;
//private Image image=null;
private MediaTracker tracker;
private String mapURL;
private ImagePanel imgPanel = new ImagePanel();
private BorderLayout borderLayout1 = new BorderLayout();
//Get a parameter value
public String getParameter(String key, String def) {
return isStandalone ? System.getProperty(key, def) :
(getParameter(key) != null ? getParameter(key) : def);
//Construct the applet
public Viewer() {
//Initialize the applet
public void init() {
try {
jbInit();
catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
imgPanel= new ImagePanel(mapURL);
this.add(imgPanel,BorderLayout.CENTER);
catch(Exception e)
e.printStackTrace();
//Component initialization
private void jbInit() throws Exception {
this.setLayout(borderLayout1);
button1.setLabel("button1");
button2.setLabel("button2");
button3.setLabel("button3");
button4.setLabel("button4");
button4.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
button4_actionPerformed(e);
this.add(jPanel1, BorderLayout.NORTH);
jPanel1.add(button4, null);
jPanel1.add(button3, null);
jPanel1.add(button2, null);
jPanel1.add(button1, null);
//Get Applet information
public String getAppletInfo() {
return "Applet Information";
//Get parameter info
public String[][] getParameterInfo() {
return null;
void button4_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
Class 2: IMAGEPANEL
package javaclient2;
import java.awt.*;
import java.net.*;
import com.borland.jbcl.util.*;
import java.awt.Graphics.*;
import java.awt.Image.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
* <p>Title: JavaClient</p>
* <p>Description: JavaClient voor GIS toepassingen</p>
* <p>Copyright: Copyright (c) 2003</p>
* <p>Company: Joto</p>
* @author Demets Tom & Vanhoe Jochen
* @version 1.0
public class ImagePanel extends Panel{
private URL location;
private Image image;
public ImagePanel(String mURL) {
System.out.println(mURL);
try
location=new URL(mURL);
catch(MalformedURLException e)
System.err.println("Invalid URL for image");
this.makeImage(location);
public void paint(Graphics g)
g.drawImage(image,0,0,this);
public ImagePanel() {
try {
jbInit();
catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
private void jbInit() throws Exception {
public void setURL(String mURL)
try
location=new URL(mURL);
catch(MalformedURLException e)
System.err.println("Invalid URL for image");
this.makeImage(location);
private void makeImage(URL location)
Toolkit toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
image = toolkit.getImage(location);
MediaTracker tracker = new MediaTracker(this);
tracker.addImage(image,0);
try
tracker.waitForID(0);
catch(InterruptedException e)
System.err.println("Invalid URL for image");
System.exit(1);
}

Answer 1

Some further inspection of this forum has given me the impression that you have just added some duke dollars to it. If this is the case I shall offer to provide some working code if indeed my previous case is true.
Place this code within the ImagePanel file:Dimension d = new Dimension();
private void makeImage(URL location)
  Toolkit toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
  image = toolkit.getImage(location);
  MediaTracker tracker = new MediaTracker(this);
  tracker.addImage(image,0);
  try
    tracker.waitForID(0);
    d.width = image.getWidth(this);
    d.height = image.getHeight(this);
  catch(InterruptedException e)
    System.err.println("Invalid URL for image");
    System.exit(1);
public Dimension getMinimumSize() {
  return d;
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
  return d;
}