Won't display images - Its probably something simple!

Question

Hey ,
Ive been trying for ages, looked throught the tutorials (i have even tried just using java pasted from the site for one of the simple programs) and looking through old forum questions but can't find out why my GUI wont display images. It compiles fine but then when i run the program ... no pics!
I suspect its something to do with the directory, i have tired:
- putting the images in the same directory as the java classes,
- putting in the entire image location paths (for this i get illegal characters error because it has '\' in the path but i get round this using '\\' ) but still no joy.
Like i said am just using the example programme from the site so i know its correct, Any ideas??
Thanx
Lisa

Answer 1

Here is a simple program to test:
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
JLabel label = new JLabel("image.jpg");
frame.getContenPane()..add( label );
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);a) Place "image.jpg" is the same directory as the source and class files.
b) Don't use any package names for you class.
c) Compile using javac, not through and ide or anything.
d) Make sure your classpath includes ".", so it will search the current directory.