Specifying file location on uploaded applet

Question

Hi guys, as a test Im trying to get an applet to display an image. I have packed the applet and image file into a jar file. The image file was placed into a folder called images when the jar file was created. I have checked this using the jar tf command, and it clearly shows the file anim1.gif within the directory called images. Within the code of the applet, I find and load the image using:
ImageIcon icon = null;
URL iconURL = ClassLoader.getSystemResource("images/anim1.gif");
if (iconURL != null)
System.out.println( "found" );
icon = new ImageIcon( iconURL );
else
System.out.println( "not found" );
However, when i check the java console, i always get the message 'not found'. From reading the tutorials etc...i cannot see what im doing wrong. The image is definatley packed into the folder 'images' within the jar file, and u can see that the code gives this directory to look in. Am i doing something stupidly wrong??
Any help would be much appreciated!!
dug \8^D

Answer 1

Try this way:
URL picURL1 = getClass().getResource("images/rightArrow.gif");
      if(picURL1 != null && picURL2 != null) {
         icon1 = new ImageIcon(picURL1);