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sounds pretty good to me :D thanks :D

thanks norm :D i did that now and i read through that paint guide and figured i need a panel so i added that and works good

i also took everything out of the main() and put it its own methods
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finally got the image working :D:D:D i did like this


public void paintComponent(Graphics mFrame) {
super.paintComponent(mFrame);
URL bg = fdmgcalc.class.getResource("bg.png");
Image...

thanks very much :D ill read through that right now and get to fixing

and you know everything lol every time i post a question you are always the one answering first i very much appreciate it :D

it does disappear :(

when i run it in eclipse everything looks perfect but when i make it into a jar the bg disappears but everything else is good why does the bg disappear :(

ah i took out the label stuff cause it kept removing the bg when it did go on the frame

when would it get repainted? i thought once its up there thats it

and i thought the super goes after...

i just have a basic Jframe right now and i used this to add the image to it


public void paint(Graphics g) {
Image bg = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("bg.png");...

So here is my frame with the background image i want and now i am just having a bit of trouble adding labels on top of it. Do i need to use LayeredPane to add the labels(the part about this tool...