Problem with ImageIcon in Eclipse driving me mad...

Question

Hi Guys,
I'm back to Java programming after taking a break of a year or two and have encountered a problem that I'm left scratching my head with.
I have an ImageIcon which does not display its background image if I run the app in Eclipse, but does display if I run in a free app called RealJ or run from the console. Here is my code:
import java.awt.*;
public class MyPet extends Frame
     private JPanel j1, j2, j3, j4;
     private ImageIcon bg;
     private JLabel bgLabel;
     private statusPanel sPanel;
     public MyPet()
          this.addWindowListener     (new WindowAdapter(){
               public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e){
                    dispose();
                    System.exit(0);
          bg = new ImageIcon("misc/bg.jpg");
          bgLabel = new JLabel(bg);
          sPanel = new statusPanel();
          setLayout(new GridLayout(2,2));
          j1 = new JPanel();
          j1.add(sPanel);
          j2 = new JPanel();
          j2.add(bgLabel);
          j3 = new JPanel();
          j4 = new JPanel();
        j2.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black));
        add(j1);
        add(j2);
        add(j3);
        add(j4);
     public static void main(String args[])
          MyPet f = new MyPet();
          f.setSize(600,500);
          f.setVisible(true);
          f.setTitle("My Pet Application - Virtual Pet Simulator");
}Can anyone help?? The image is definitely named bg.jpg and is definitely in the misc directory located in the bin directory along with the Class files. As I say, running the app from the console works fine.

Answer 1

Why is this a problem?
if it works outside of Eclipse then take it up with Eclipse.