How to use jpg files as a background in a Frame

Question

Could anyone help me to figure out how to get jpg files set as my background of my Frame. I have used Awt to create my frame. Should i use the swing classes to do this? If so could you help me with what is needed to be done to accomplish this task.
Thanks
Chad

Answer 1

Here is a sample code to set a jpg image in a frame:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class ImageFrame extends Frame{   
private ImageCanvas c;
private Image i;
ImageFrame()
     Toolkit tk = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
     // This assumes you have an image named
     // "somePic.jpg" in the current directory.
     i = tk.getImage( "somePic.jpg" );
     c = new ImageCanvas( i );
     add( c );
     public static void main( String[] args ) {       
     ImageFrame f = new ImageFrame();
     f.addWindowListener( new WindowAdapter()
public void windowClosing( WindowEvent e ) {                
     System.exit( 0 );
     f.setSize( 400, 400 );
     f.show();
private class ImageCanvas extends Canvas {       
     Image i;
     public ImageCanvas( Image i ) {           
     this.i = i;
public void paint( Graphics g ) {           
     g.drawImage( i, 0, 0, 400, 400, this );
I hope I can have my dukes now :-)