Java Loading Image problem?

[kensclark15]

How do I enter the class path in Java to make an image load right? Here is the line of code. I don't know if it's right:
bg = new ImageIcon("\\home\\kenneth\\Desktop\\back.png").getImage();
pic = new ImageIcon("\\home\\kenneth\\Desktop\\bam.png").getImage(); I'll give you my code so far.
Images.class:

package main;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class Images extends JFrame {
public static void main(String[] args) {
DisplayMode dm = new DisplayMode(800, 600, 16, DisplayMode.REFRESH_RATE_UNKNOWN);
Images mm = new Images();
mm.run(dm);
}

private Screen s;
private Image bg;
private Image pic;
private boolean loaded;

//run method

public void run(DisplayMode dm) {
setBackground(Color.BLUE);
setForeground(Color.WHITE);
setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 24));
loaded = false;

s = new Screen();
try {
s.setFullScreen(dm, this);
loadpics();
try {
Thread.sleep(5000);
} catch (Exception ex) {}
} finally {
s.restoreScreen();
}
}

//loads pics

public void loadpics() {
bg = new ImageIcon("\\home\\kenneth\\Desktop\\back.png").getImage();
pic = new ImageIcon("\\home\\kenneth\\Desktop\\bam.png").getImage();
loaded = true;
repaint();
}

public void paint(Graphics g) {
if(g instanceof Graphics2D) {
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_TEXT_ANTIAL IASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_ON);
}
if(loaded) {
g.drawImage(bg,0,0,null);
g.drawImage(pic,170,180,null);
}
}
}
Screen.class:

package main;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

public class Screen {

private GraphicsDevice vc;

public Screen() {
GraphicsEnvironment env = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
vc = env.getDefaultScreenDevice();
}

public void setFullScreen(DisplayMode dm, JFrame window) {
window.setUndecorated(true);
window.setResizable(false);
vc.setFullScreenWindow(window);

if(dm != null && vc.isDisplayChangeSupported()) {
try {
vc.setDisplayMode(dm);
} catch (Exception e) {}
}
}

public Window getFullScreenWindow() {
return vc.getFullScreenWindow();
}

public void restoreScreen() {
Window w = vc.getFullScreenWindow();
if(w != null) {
w.dispose();
}

vc.setFullScreenWindow(null);
}




}

[lykeion]

I guess you mean your image paths, (classpath (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classpath) is something different in Java):

"\\home\\kenneth\\Desktop\\back.png"

The double backslashes in your paths are wrong. On Linux the forward slash (/) is used as a file separator:

"/home/kenneth/Desktop/back.png"


I'd use relative paths and place the images in same dir as the java files:
"back.png"

EDIT
The Oracle Swing tutorial is really good. I found I used that a lot when I was learning Java GUI development:
http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/

[The Cog]

Moved to Programming Talk.

[PaulM1985]

I agree with lykeion, try and use relative paths where possible. I tend to keep my images in the same jar file as my project and load through the jar file using getResource() and ImageIO.read():

http://download.oracle.com/javase/1,5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html#getResource(java.lang.String)

http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/imageio/ImageIO.html#read(java.net.URL)

Paul