Images loading from url

Question

Hi All !
I am trying to load images onto a canvas using url source.
The images loaded are forming a map , so its important that
every image will be
exactly in the wright place.
The problem is that sometimes an image is not loaded , and I
get error 504 "Gateway RequestTimeout" ,
what i want to do is shorten the time of the error so if an
image isnt loaded after 5 seconds i will get the error
and reload it. How do i change the timeout of the loading ?
or maybe i should use another method to load the images to
the canvas ?
10x alot !
mr. flex ;)

Answer 1

hi,
looks like PaintComponent() instead of paint did the job.
thanks a million..
for those interested in loading images, I find ImageIcon very limited and at the end I found a better solution :
public class ImageComponent extends JComponent implements ImageObserver{
    private Image image;
    public void loadImage(URL imageURL){           
            image = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(imageURL);
            prepareImage(image,getWidth(),getHeight(), this);
    public boolean imageUpdate(Image img, int infoflags, int x, int y, int width, int height){
        System.out.print("."); // loading progress...
    public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
        if(image!=null){
             g.drawImage(image,0,0,null);
}it is far nicer as it displays dots while loading... up to you to attach progress bars or favorit loading guizmo...
DrLeinster.