Need help, ImageIcon on the Label

[crystal2005]

Hi all,

Can anyone tell me why my image doesn't appear in my frame's container? When I change imageIcon to just normal Label, it does go work.

In another condition, if i don't use method return (what is it called? emm...). ImageIcon does work on my normal Label.

package practise;

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class layout_test {
	
	public Container createContentPane() {
		JPanel contentPane = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
		contentPane.setOpaque(true);
		
		contentPane.add(createNorthPanel(), BorderLayout.NORTH);
		contentPane.add(createCenterPanel(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
		
		return contentPane;
	}
	
	public JPanel createCenterPanel() {
		JPanel centerPanel = new JPanel();
		JLabel image = new JLabel(new ImageIcon("Bovinetine.jpg")); // Image doesn't appear
		centerPanel.add(image);
		return centerPanel;
	}
	
	public JPanel createNorthPanel() {
		JPanel northPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1,3));
		JButton b1 = new JButton("b1"), b2 = new JButton("b2"), b3 = new JButton("b3");
		northPanel.add(b1);
		northPanel.add(b2);
		northPanel.add(b3);
		return northPanel;
	}
	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing Layout with Image");
		layout_test layout = new layout_test();
		frame.setContentPane(layout.createContentPane());
		frame.pack();
		frame.setVisible(true);
	}

}

Thanks for any advice...

[BigDaddyLH]

The most common reason for an image not appearing is that it doesn't exist, you misspelled the filename or the file is in the wrong place.