Problem displaying the image

Question

I am having a trouble with display an image. My image is put in the base directory of my workspace and my IDE is Eclipse. However, I just can't get the image to display...
It is at the bottom of the code...
package ca.carleton.comp3004.client.ui;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.imageio.*;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.Action;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import ca.carleton.comp3004.client.model.Model;
import ca.carleton.comp3004.util.AppUtils;
import ca.carleton.comp3004.util.UiUtils;
public class GamePanel extends JPanel
     private JPanel bottomStuff;
     private JScrollPane cardPane;
     private JButton requestCards;
     private JPanel centerStuff;
     private JPanel[] playerStuff;
     private JLabel[] playerName;
     private JLabel[] playerNumCards;
     private JLabel[] playerScore;
     private JPanel topStuff;
     private JLabel unoCode;
     private JLabel timeLabel;
     private JButton leave;
     private Image board = null;
     //Icon BoardImage = new ImageIcon("C:\Users\tzaid\Desktop\steve stuff\Johnny_Workspace\GameBoard.png");
     //private ActionListener buttonlistener;
     private Model model;
     private class CardRequestListener implements ActionListener {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent theEvent) {
              AppUtils.invoke(new Runnable()
                 public void run()
                      model.requestCards();
     private class CardButtontListener implements ActionListener {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent theEvent) {
             final int cardIndex = Integer.parseInt(theEvent.getActionCommand());
             AppUtils.invoke(new Runnable()
                public void run()
                     model.playCard(cardIndex); //****note: extract cardNum
     private class LeaveListener implements ActionListener {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent theEvent) {
             AppUtils.invoke(new Runnable()
                public void run()
                     model.leave(); //****note: not in protocol yet
     // actions
     CardRequestListener myCardRequestListener = new CardRequestListener();
     CardButtontListener myCardButtonListener = new CardButtontListener();
     LeaveListener myLeaveListener = new LeaveListener();
    public GamePanel(Model model)
         this.model = model;
         createComponents(this);
     * Creates the components.
    private void createComponents(JPanel container)
         container.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        // chat panel
        CreatePanels();
        container.add(centerStuff, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        container.add(bottomStuff, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        container.add(topStuff, BorderLayout.NORTH);
      //  Graphics g = new Graphics();
      //  g.drawImage(board, 0, 0, null);
     * Creates the chat panel for chat room functionality.
     * @return A panel containing chat room controls.
     * @see JPanel
    private void CreatePanels()
         topStuff = new JPanel();
         unoCode = new JLabel("UNO Code: ");
         timeLabel = new JLabel("Time: ");
         leave = new JButton("Leave Game");
         leave.addActionListener(myLeaveListener);
         topStuff.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
         topStuff.add(unoCode, BorderLayout.WEST);
         topStuff.add(timeLabel, BorderLayout.EAST);
         topStuff.add(leave, BorderLayout.NORTH);
         topStuff.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black));
         //******note: need to specify size*****
         int size = 5;
         centerStuff = new JPanel();
         playerStuff = new JPanel[size];
         playerName = new JLabel[size];
         playerNumCards = new JLabel[size];
         playerScore = new JLabel[size];
         centerStuff.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER, 40, 40));  //need to change later so is around table
         for(int i = 0; i<size; i++){
              playerStuff[i] = new JPanel();
              playerStuff.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
          playerName[i] = new JLabel("no name" ); //****get player name here
          playerNumCards[i] = new JLabel("0");
          playerScore[i] = new JLabel("0");
          playerStuff[i].add(playerName[i], BorderLayout.NORTH);
          playerStuff[i].add(playerNumCards[i], BorderLayout.CENTER);
          playerStuff[i].add(playerScore[i], BorderLayout.SOUTH);
          playerStuff[i].setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black));
          centerStuff.add(playerStuff[i]);
     bottomStuff = new JPanel();
     cardPane = new JScrollPane();
     requestCards = new JButton("Request Cards");
     requestCards.addActionListener(myCardRequestListener);
     bottomStuff.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
     bottomStuff.add(requestCards, BorderLayout.WEST);
     bottomStuff.add(cardPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
     bottomStuff.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black));
public GamePanel()
     setPreferredSize(new Dimension(790,572));
     setMaximumSize(getPreferredSize());
     setMinimumSize(getPreferredSize());
     setSize(getPreferredSize());
     try
board= ImageIO.read(new File("GameBoard.png"));
getGraphics().drawImage(board, 0, 0, null);
     catch (IOException e)
     e.printStackTrace();
/* private JPanel createMessageListPanel()
JPanel messageListPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(messageList = createMessageList(),
JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED,
JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
scrollPane.setAutoscrolls(true);
messageListPanel.add(scrollPane);
messageListPanel.setBorder(new TitledBorder("Messages"));
return messageListPanel;
* Creates message list.
* @return A text area to store messages in.

Answer 1

Look like a bad video card. Are you eligible for Apple's Repair extension programs?