Setting background image in JFrame

Witam,
Jak mozna ustawic tlo w postaci grafiki (png, jpg, ...) dla jFrame? Znalalem juz kilka sposobow ale one uzywaja jPanel, ktorego ja NIE moge uzyc ... niestety. Jesli nie ma takiej mozliwosci dla jFrame to moze tez byc dla jScrollPane, JComponent, Scene albo LayerWidget;)
Hi,
Is it possoble to use image as a background for jFrame? I know that it is possible to use jPanel and ser background image for jPanel, but in my project I cannot use it. Instead I can use jFrame, jScrollPane, Scene or LayerWidget.:)

In the future, Swing related questions should be posted in the Swing forum.
But there is already no need to post in the Swing forum because you already know the answer:
I know that it is possible to use jPanel and ser background image for jPanel,
If you need further help then you need to create a "Short, Self Contained, Compilable and Executable, Example Program (SSCCE)", that demonstrates the incorrect behaviour.
http://homepage1.nifty.com/algafield/sscce.html
Don't forget to use the "Code Formatting Tags", so the posted code retains its original formatting.
http://forum.java.sun.com/help.jspa?sec=formatting

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super();
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