Loading Images/Having images load at the center of a JFrame with random col

Question

Hey Guys,
I was wondering how could i go about loading images two at a time for instance have two circle images load at the center of a J Frame connected to each other and also each time the J Frame is executed the circles are different colors. Ive posted this question before and have posted it on another forum but i have not gotten any help. I looked into using media tracker and the Random command but i am still not if these are the proper solution to my problem. Id appreciate any help if this post doesn't make sense let me know i will try and clarify better. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Ah alright then so what i have to far is i have an image load to my J Frame/J Panel and after it loads it starts to fall like a tetris block and i am able to move it left and right. When the image loads it loads to the default coordinates of 0,0 the left hand top corner. What i want to do it when i run my application the image loads at the center of the J Frame/J Panel but also have another block connected to it when it loads. So basically i have loaded four separate different images and want them to load to my J Frame/ J Panel two at a time side by side like tetris and puyo puyo smashed together here is my code sorry its hard for me to explain it for some reason hope this makes more sense.
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class DemoTest extends JPanel {
     public DemoTest() {
        add(new BlockPanel());
    public static void main(String[] args) { {
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("Tetris");
    frame.setContentPane(new BlockPanel());
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.setSize(200,500);
    frame.setResizable(false);
    frame.setVisible(true);
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
public class BlockAnimation extends JPanel {
  public static final int numDroppingBlocks=2;
  private static final int MAX_X = 200;
  private static final int MAX_Y = 430;
  private static final int DELTA_Y = 2;
  private static final int TIMER_DELAY = 20;
   // Declare name's for the Image object.
   Image image[];
   Timer pptimer;
   boolean right,left;
   int X = 0;
   int x = 32;
   int y;
public BlockAnimation() {
      super();
      //Load an image file into the Image object. This file has to be in the same folder
      image = new Image[4];
      image[0] = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("block_yellow.png");
      image[1] = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("block_blue.png");
      image[2] = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("block_green.png");
      image[3] = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("block_red.png");
    //image5 = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("DeathNote1.jpg");
      setFocusable(true);
      BlockMove block_move = new BlockMove(); // Make a new video game KeyListener
      addKeyListener(block_move);
      //setBackground(Color.BLACK);
      pptimer = new Timer(TIMER_DELAY, new TimerAction());
      pptimer.start();
        public void setAnimation(boolean OnandOff) {
        if (OnandOff) {
            pptimer.start(); 
        } else {
            pptimer.stop(); 
        public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
         super.paintComponent(g); 
         // draw the "stop" line for the animation
         g.setColor(Color.black);
         g.drawLine(0, MAX_Y, getWidth(), MAX_Y);
            // Draw our Image object.
       g.drawImage(image[0],X,y,this);
         if(right) // Move the block to the right
               X++;
               if(left) // Move the block to the left
              X--;
             repaint();
     private class BlockMove implements KeyListener {
     public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e){}
      public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e)
       if(e.getKeyCode() == e.VK_RIGHT)
        right = false;
        if(e.getKeyCode() == e.VK_LEFT)
          left = false;
               public void  keyPressed(KeyEvent e)
              if(e.getKeyCode() == e.VK_RIGHT)
                         right = true;
                    if(e.getKeyCode() == e.VK_LEFT)
                         left = true;
        class TimerAction implements ActionListener {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
             y += DELTA_Y;
            if (y + x  >= MAX_Y) {
            setAnimation(false);
}//end class
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
class BlockPanel extends JPanel {
   BlockAnimation pa;  
    BlockPanel() {
        pa = new BlockAnimation();       
        JButton startButton = new JButton("Start");       
        JButton stopButton  = new JButton("Stop");
        startButton.addActionListener(new Start());
        stopButton.addActionListener(new Stop());
        JPanel button = new JPanel();
        button.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
        button.add(startButton);
        button.add(stopButton);
        this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        this.add(button, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        this.add(pa,BorderLayout.CENTER);
    class Start implements ActionListener {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            pa.setAnimation(true);
    class Stop implements ActionListener {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            pa.setAnimation(false);
}//endclass Edited by: Riz01 on Sep 14, 2009 2:34 PM