Images not loading when I run my JAR

Question

I created a Yahtzee game that contains five die images. When I created the JAR file, I explicitly added the source and images to it. But when I go to run the app, no die images show up. I referenced Java's Creating a JAR File tutorial (http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/deployment/jar/build.html) but I didn't find anything useful regarding my issue.
My Images folder is under my classes folder: Yahtzee\build\classes\Images
I create the JAR from within classes and I add the die images that are in Images by using change directory option -C.
jar cvfm Yahtzee.jar Manifest.txt *.class -C Images/ .
I'm using the verbose option v, which allows me to see every file that gets added to the JAR, so I know there's no problem with missing files.
Any thoughts?
Message was edited by:
d_mart

Answer 1

By the way I'm adding the images into the JAR, they should be in its root.
This is what I'm doing with my code. I have five die buttons that get a random die face, which are represented with my die images. I have an up-state (unselected) and a down-state (selected) image for each die face (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). I have two different states because just like poker, you keep the cards that you want and disgard the ones that you don't want and in return, you get some random card for every card that you disgarded. So the selected and unselected images should be self-explanitory now. In Yahtzee, you have up to three rolls per hand, which I have a button that handles the rolls (<=3). I have stored my die images in a 2D array.
My image file names are as follows:
d1up.png, d1down.png, d2up.png, d2down.png,...d6up.png, d6down.png
private Icon [][] dieImages;
private Icon defaultDieImage;
private Die [] dieButtons;
// INITIALIZE DIE IMAGES
defaultDieImage = new ImageIcon("../Yahtzee/src/Images/blank.png");
dieImages = new ImageIcon[2][6];
for(int i = 0; i <= 5; i++) {
     // up state images
     dieImages[0] = new ImageIcon("../Yahtzee/src/Images/d"
+ (i + 1) + "up.png");
// down state images
dieImages[1][i] = new ImageIcon("../Yahtzee/src/Images/d"
+ (i + 1) + "down.png");
Those images are then loaded into the die buttons (depending on the roll).
FYI, I just finished my 2nd semester of Java, so I'm still pretty new to the language and it's the only language that I know so far. With that said, please forgive for any dumb mistakes. It's all good though, I learn something new everyday. So you say that I should be using something like getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("an_image.jpg"); in my code instead of what I have?
I hope the information that I provided helps.
Dan