Picture won't go with the .jar (Wrong code or compile error?)

[Fermen]

Hi ,

I want to have a picture on the JFrame and for that I use the 2 lines of code below this patagraph. The problem is that when I compile it to .jar, I can only see the picture on the computer with the picture and if the picture stays on the same path like when I compiled it. How do I do to make the picture follow in the .jar file?

a = new JLabel();
a.setIcon(new javax.swing.ImageIcon("C:\\Documents and Settings\\Jonathan\\Mina dokument\\NetBeansProjects\\NameGen\\build\\classes\\p12.jpg"));

When I compile it I do like this (I compile in NetBeans):

I right click on the project
Go to properties
Set the class (the class in the code below) as main class
Go to run
Press Build Main Project

If you no nothing about netbeans, tell me how you compile it and I can test that and see if it is the compilation that is the error.


This is the whole code (if that may help)

Excuse the Swenglish in the code ^^

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
 
 
public class p12NameGennGUI extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{
 
 
    JButton knapp;
    JLabel textTK;
    JLabel a;
    JTextField visaNamn;
 
 
   //arrayen för första delen i namnet
       String[] p12fornamn ={"Cool", "C3wL","CraZy","Crejzy","Master","Big","Fruity","Fruudy","FrUitY","Hardcore","HardCore","Hardcore","Mr","Infinite","Infinite","Infinit3","Max","MaxX","Maximum","Maximum","Savage","Savag3","Pro","Haxxor","HaXXor","Savage","Savag3"};
 
       int length1 = p12fornamn.length;
 
       //arrayen för mellandelen i namnet
       String[] p12mellannamn = {"_","","-"};
 
       int lenght2 = p12mellannamn.length;
 
        //arrayen för andra delen i namnet
       String[] p12efternamn = {"97","1997","NinetySevN","Ninetyseven","XzTazY","Ecztasy","Hero","Pro","Haxx","HaXx","Maestro","MajsTr0","Chief","ChI3f","Skateboard","1997","BoY","Kingen","King"};
 
       int lenght3 = p12efternamn.length;
 
 
 
 
    public p12NameGennGUI()
    {
 
        textTK = new JLabel("Tryck på knappen för ett slumpat P12 namn!");
        textTK.setForeground(Color.black);
        textTK.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 12));
 
        knapp = new JButton("TRYCK NU");
 
 
 
a = new JLabel();
a.setIcon(new javax.swing.ImageIcon("C:\\Documents and Settings\\Jonathan\\Mina dokument\\NetBeansProjects\\NameGen\\build\\classes\\p12.jpg"));
 
 
 
 
        visaNamn = new JTextField();
        visaNamn.setColumns(15);
 
        this.add(textTK);
        this.add(knapp);
        knapp.addActionListener(this);
        this.add(visaNamn);
        this.add(a);
 
 
    }
 
 
 
 
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
 
 
        p12NameGennGUI p = new p12NameGennGUI();
        p.setSize(300, 300);
        p.setLocation(200, 300);
        p.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        p.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
        p.setVisible(true);
    }
 
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
    {
        //genererar första delen av namnet
        int p12namnet1 = (int) (Math.random() * length1);
        //genererar mellandelen av namnet
        int p12namnet2 = (int) (Math.random() * lenght2);
        //genererar andra delen av namnet
        int p12namnet3 = (int) (Math.random() * lenght3 );
 
 
        visaNamn.setText(p12fornamn[p12namnet1] + p12mellannamn[p12namnet2] +  p12efternamn[p12namnet3]);
 
 
    }
 
    private void setIcon(ImageIcon imageIcon)
    {
 
    }
}//class end

Regards
Fermen

[KevinWorkman]

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[Fermen]

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I do like in this example below marked in red and the cmd says it compresses to a jar. The .jar ends up in the same folder as the mainclass and when I press the .jar file I just hear that "windows error-sound" and the .jar does not open.

jar cvf TicTacToe.jar TicTacToe.class audio images