Hello everyone!

Well i am beginner in Java in which is the only language i have any experience on.

Anyways getting to the point i want to know how to use one of my images as the background of my Frame.



That is my current code that i have for my J Frame and i want to know how i can add an image to it so that every time i open the frame the Background is the picture i want.

Thank you
DaSnipeKid-

The simplest approach is to draw the background every time before you draw anything else.

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And how can i draw the background. Do you know any sites that might explain it? or can you do so?

I do program in Java, but not GUIs (nor games), so my knowledge is limited here :(


A background is often just an image, so you need to draw an image.
Given that you use swing, perhaps this may explain how to do it:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7761 ... with-swing


However, I would recommend that you read a tutorial about swing so you get an idea of what it does and how it works.

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U could try storing the picture you want to use inside the project and then call it using the Draw Method, another approach is to maybe us it as an Icon.

Here is a snippet of code that i did

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.Event.*;
import java.awt.event.ItemEvent;
import java.awt.event.ItemListener;

import javax.swing.*;

public class Gui extends JFrame {

private JComboBox box; // create a JComboBox variable
private JLabel picture;

private static String[] fileName = { "b.png", "b.png" }; // static so it

private Icon[] pics = { new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource(fileName[0])),
new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource(fileName[1])) };// stores the


public Gui ()
{
super("the title ");
setLayout(new FlowLayout());

box = new JComboBox(fileName); // puts all the options in a list

box.addItemListener(
new ItemListener(){ // Anonymous inner class
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent event)
{
if (event.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED)
picture.setIcon(pics[box.getSelectedIndex()]);
}
}
);

add(box);
picture = new JLabel(pics[0]);
add(picture);

that last post was by me using the JCombo box