Making excecutable jar file which contains folder

Question

hi,
I have a strange (at least for me it is) problem. I made an excecutable *.jar file of one of my projects. The problem is, that it only works if the *.jar file is in the same folder as my project.
my project uses subfolders. i noticed, that if i deleted everything, leavin only the *.jar file and the folders, then it works.
so my question is: how can i tell my java programm to look for the folders inside the jar file?
yes, i did put all folders inside the jar file and yes i used relative paths within my programm.
thanx
Usul

Answer 1

for example:
  analysePoints.addImage(new File("Candidates", "A.png"));
  analysePoints.addImage(new File("Candidates", "Circle.png"));
  analysePoints.addImage(new File("Candidates", "Cross.png"));
  analysePoints.addImage(new File("Candidates", "Heart.png"));
  analysePoints.addImage(new File("Candidates", "TriangleN.png"));
  analysePoints.addImage(new File("Candidates", "TriangleSW.png"));or
   while( helpInt < pathsToImagesVT.size() )
     File currentImagePath = (File)pathsToImagesVT.elementAt(helpInt);
     Image currentImage = null;
    try{
      currentImage = getToolkit().createImage(currentImagePath.getCanonicalPath());
      MediaTracker helpMT = new MediaTracker(this);
      helpMT.addImage(currentImage,0);
      helpMT.waitForAll();
     } catch(InterruptedException e) {System.out.println(e.toString());}
       catch(IOException f){System.out.println(f.toString());}