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Hi experts,

How do I set an image for a button ? setImage doesn't seem to work ... and the following line doesn't work either ... what did I do wrong ?

((Mine)e.getSource()).setIcon(new ImageIcon(new Image("bomb.gif"))) ;

((Mine)e.getSource()) is a button object .....

thanks !

girionis

Are you sure it can find the "bonb.gif" file?

zzynx

Make sure your path is correct.
Try with a full path just to test it works

zzynx

>>Try with a full path just to test it works
I mean

((Mine)e.getSource()).setIcon(new ImageIcon(new Image("c:/dir1/dir2/bomb.gif"))) ;

girionis

> Are you sure it can find the "bonb.gif" file?

I mean "bomb.gif" file of course.

meow00

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Hi zzynx & experts,

I tried the full path, but it says :

java.awt.image is abstract, can not be instantiated ........

zzynx

Try

((Mine)e.getSource()).setIcon(new ImageIcon("c:/dir1/dir2/bomb.gif"));

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girionis

> I tried the full path, but it says :
>
> java.awt.image is abstract, can not be instantiated ........

I infer that the problem was that it couldn't find the image file before?

meow00

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Hi zzynx & girionis & experts,

I tried ((Mine)e.getSource()).setIcon(new ImageIcon("bomb.gif"));
and ((Mine)e.getSource()).setIcon(new ImageIcon(c:/dir1/dir2/bomb.gif")) ; they both compiled. however, there is no image shown on the button ....... why is that ? please help ! Thanks !

girionis

> however, there is no image shown on the button ....... why is that ?
> please help ! Thanks !

Does it shwo any error messages? Any exceptions? Where do you have the image (full path please)? Do you have it inside dir1/dir2? You have to give the full path, the actual path that correpsonds to the image, or if it is in the same folder as your java class then the first line is correct.

Giant2

>((Mine)e.getSource()) is a button object
the method setIcon is for JButton object.

Mick Barry

can you post the location of your image
the location you are running it from
and the location of your class file

Giant2

>e.getSource(),
so you use to set the icon in an event handling, isn't it?
If there is no exception, It could be that the repainting isn't done.
Bye, Giant.

zzynx

Where do you call that

((Mine)e.getSource()).setIcon(....)

?
Is it in an ActionListener, MouseListener,...
What are you trying to do?

RuadRauFlessa

Trying to change the image on a button after an event occurs it would seem but of course we cannot assume that so.....

Looking at that I would say that the object "e" is of type Event and the class "Mine" is an extension upon the JButton class. I think you should look into the "Mine" class a little bit and make sure that you are doing everythin correctly there. If you by any chance override the setIcon(...) method then you should start looking there.

If what you are trying to do is create mouse over effects there are standard routines built into the JButton that would accomplish that.

funnyveryfunny

how about using double slashes rather than one?

((Mine)e.getSource()).setIcon(new ImageIcon("C://dir1//dir2//bomb.gif")) ;

zzynx

>> how about using double slashes rather than one?
Not needed. That's for BACKslashes.

girionis

zzynx

Thanks