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hello all,
I created a jar file using netbeans put in a classpath for a database driver (derby.jar). There are also 8 classes in this jar file, i specified which main should start everything is working perfectly. But some of the classes access audio and images in the jar file, but i get an exception saying that i am missing these files but they are in the jar file! Anyone know why?
This is how the class access these files:
AudioStream sound1 = new AudioStream(new FileInputStream("Test.wav"));And this is the exception:
Exception in thread "main" java.io.FileNotFoundException: Test.wav (No such file or directory)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:106)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:66)
        at Splash2.sound(Splash2.java:89)
        at Splash2.<init>(Splash2.java:40)
        at Splash2.main(Splash2.java:124)Will appreciate any help since i really need to get this to work.
Thanks all

Answer 1

I have had this problem before also, the way i got it to work was using:
AudioClip sound1 = Applet.newAudioClip(this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("SomeSoundFile.wav"));
//It also works for getting images out of a jar file:
ImageIcon imgicon = new ImageIcon(this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("SomeImage.gif") );
Image img1 = imgicon.getImage();Calling this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("SomeImage.gif") returns a java.net.URL to the image in your jar file, then you need to call something that can accept a URL and get an image out of it (for example, I used ImageIcon for simplicity). (Note that you need to call it from an instantiated class, and not your main method, you would most likely make this call in a media loader class or something)
The actual filename you submit as the getResource string is the path to the resource from the root jar directory, so if you had an image folder, you would just need to use something like "images/SomeImage.gif"
Good luck, I hope this helps